The huge desert voids. The emptiness of outer space. Without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum.
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a region that is devoid of matter
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an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction
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A space entirely devoid of matter (called also, by way of distinction, absolute vacuum); hence, in a more general sense, a space, as the interior of a closed vessel, which has been exhausted to a high or the highest degree by an air pump or other artificial means; as, water boils at a reduced temperature in a vacuum.