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Answer for the clue "The act of removing the contents of something ", 8 letters:
voidance

Word definitions for voidance in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of removing the contents of something [syn: emptying , evacuation ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Voidance \Void"ance\, n. The act of voiding, emptying, ejecting, or evacuating. (Eccl.) A ejection from a benefice. The state of being void; vacancy, as of a benefice which is without an incumbent. Evasion; subterfuge. [Obs.] --Bacon.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of voiding, of defecate or removing.

Usage examples of voidance.

And such desires as are satisfied by the filling or voiding of the body, must be proper to something very different from the Soul, to that only which admits of replenishment and voidance.

Riding on with this assumptionas it were in tandem with Demi and GinaRichard imagined Gwyn's quest for full voidance steadily growing in complication and dolor.