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as in to unleash
to find emotional release for
he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood
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as in to remove
to take away from a place or position
the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case
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as in to assassinate
to put to death deliberately
the rumor is that the CIA is planning to take him out before he can seize control of the country
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Recent Examples of take out
Her sister, 9, was okay after they were taken out of the water, according to police.
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Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
The move took out Michael Cole’s audio for the rest of the match.
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Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
All the guys who took out the Spurs in five and then headed straight for the Canyon of Heroes?
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Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
27 June 2026
How many more times will there only be one of them in the field — or none, if someone goes on a heater and takes out Sinner before Djokovic gets to him.
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Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
27 June 2026
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Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
The move took out Michael Cole’s audio for the rest of the match.
—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
All the guys who took out the Spurs in five and then headed straight for the Canyon of Heroes?
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Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
27 June 2026
How many more times will there only be one of them in the field — or none, if someone goes on a heater and takes out Sinner before Djokovic gets to him.
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Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
27 June 2026
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In Tennessee, a pickup truck carrying about 1 million bees overturned near Knoxville in April, unleashing a swarm that blanketed the crash scene.
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In contrast to missteps domestically, Starmer has won praise for his international role, notably in rallying European support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion, and working to mitigate the economic and political turmoil unleashed by the Iran conflict.
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Bilateral tensions have eased after periods of conflict, often accompanied by a revival of commercial and cultural ties.
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Bolton shared over 1,000 pages of diary-style information about his daily duties as national security advisor with his family members, according to a court filing accompanying his guilty plea.
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Propellers can be particularly burdensome because rotors often need to be removed, cleaned and reinstalled, requiring some real elbow grease.
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The pool is being cleaned twice annually, with 10 to 15 large truckloads of debris removed at each cleaning, the National Park Service reports.
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Louis Farrakhan, who is now 93, stepped into the organization’s leadership vacuum shortly after Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965.
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Louis Farrakhan stepped into the organization’s leadership vacuum shortly after Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965.
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Linda Parisi, Blake Rakela’s defense attorney, has asked the court to set bail and allow her client to be released while the criminal case proceeds.
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As of Monday, the father was treated and released from a hospital, where his 11-year-old remained in stable condition.
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On Friday, Peacock confirmed to The Times that Keyser had been dismissed from the hit reality dating show after the resurfaced video began circulating online.
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Scotland is the perfect place for the war to culminate — Glimerton House is about as historic as their beef, with its origins dating back to the 1600s.
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Ballot measure proponents had a Thursday evening deadline to withdraw their proposals.
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Patients might be women in their 30s with an autoimmune disease like lupus or people of any age exposed to such toxins as methamphetamines or, in the past, the fen-phen appetite suppressant drug of the 1990s, later withdrawn after being linked to heart disease.
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The couple is accused of conspiring to murder Agarwal in an attempt to continue their romance.
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Nothing about intent—intent pertains to murder in its several degrees.
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“Take out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take%20out. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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