CARRIED OUT Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

carried out

verb

past tense of carry out

as in fulfilled

to carry through (as a process) to completion carried out the task efficiently and cheerfully

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Recent Examples of carried out Fire evacuations were also carried out Sunday in the Valencia region. — ABC News, 27 July 2026 In Spain, wildfires burned out of control around Madrid and evacuations were carried out in the Valencia region. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 26 July 2026 The shooting was carried out with a handgun, according to the preliminary investigation. — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 26 July 2026 The project was carried out by a collaborative team of 25, more than half of them Kenyan. — Raul Roman, NPR, 25 July 2026 Behind that toll are individual losses, told here through what people carried out of the debris. — New York Times, 20 July 2026 Sachin Sharma, a deputy commissioner of police, said Wangchuk’s hospitalization was carried out following medical advice and a court directive. — Aijaz Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026 There have been more than 5,000 attacks carried out against Ukrainian Railways since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022, according to Ukrainian authorities. — Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 18 July 2026 Footage from Iranian state media also showed three of Khamenei's sons—Mostafa, Meysam, and Masoud—crying as the coffins of their father and other family members were carried out into Tehran's Grand Mosalla on Sunday. — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 5 July 2026

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Now, over a year after the film’s premiere, the demand for merchandise is finally being fulfilled with the pending release of dolls of singers/demon hunters Rumi, Mira and Zoey from Mattel, role-playing toys from Hasbro and Funko Pops!

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Already on a yellow card, Fernandez fulfilled that brief with his wild tackle on Pau Cubarsi.

— Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 July 2026

Definition of fulfilled

Verb

Alignment Alignment connects the organization’s strategy to how the team is structured, how responsibilities are distributed and how work gets accomplished.

— Tony Gambill, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
The 39-year-old entered the tournament chasing back-to-back World Cup titles with Argentina, something no country has accomplished on the men’s side since Brazil in 1958 and 1962.

— Nethumi Kannangara, Sportico.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of accomplished

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Last year, The All-American Rejects performed at the Fandom Party, SPYAIR and Denzel Curry headlined the Crunchyroll Anime FanFest, and GI Joe’s Cold Slither debuted.

— Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
That so many teams were capable of winning races showed how well the crews performed, especially considering the breeze was again blowing strongly across the Solent, around 17 knots and sometimes gusting over 20.

— Andrew Rice, New York Times, 26 July 2026

Definition of performed

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That means his desire to step up into duels and defend on the front foot will need to be executed carefully, to avoid exposing the space behind a high line that was breached too often on the counter-attack last season.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 25 July 2026
From a fringed mullet, to a blonde buzz cut, bobs in various lengths, micro bangs, and even a shade of citrus—Kristen Stewart’s looks are always executed with an edge.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 24 July 2026

Definition of executed

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The City of Yes plan swept aside cumbersome zoning rules and made office buildings completed as recently as 1990 eligible for conversion in most of Manhattan and parts of other boroughs.

— Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
Owner Dan Weinberger told the Star-Telegram while a lot of progress has been made to accommodate more people, there are still a few finishing touches that need to be completed.

— Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026

Definition of made

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John Mark Steward, 65, died after being carried off in his mobile home in Kerrville, his wife told The San Antonio Express-News.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Once rescuers reached Hardy she was loaded into a rescue stretcher so she could be carried off the mountain.

— Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026

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