TAKEN (OUT) Synonyms: 143 Similar and Opposite Words

taken out

verb

Definition of taken out next

past participle of take out

as in unleashed

to find emotional release for he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood

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as in accompanied

to go on a social engagement with she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime

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as in removed

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 murdered

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 taken out Coach 1818, the sixth coach on the train, has scenic floor-to-ceiling windows that would in the past be taken out in the summer, creating an open-air excursion. —

Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Feb. 2026 The important thing about adaptations isn’t what’s taken out but what’s put in. —

Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026 Gordon then won a penalty after being taken out by Kochalski, before converting the penalty in the 45th minute to net his fourth. —

Chris Waugh, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026 Since Youngblood had told him the cartel had taken out a contract on his family, Perardi had lived in a perpetual state of emergency. —

Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026 There is always a final shot — the one taken out of misplaced faith that courage can be distilled. —

Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 10 Feb. 2026 Lyons said the comment had been taken out of context. —

Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026 This postgame-adjacent interview could’ve been taken out of context. —

Noah White, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026 When parts of circulating BTC are taken out of the liquid supply, the amount available for trading goes down. —

William Jones, Ascend Agency, 30 Jan. 2026

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But questions are mounting over whether the country can contain the chaos unleashed by the killing of a drug lord.

— Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
While a surge in outmigration from the Valley unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic and remote work has subsided, more residents are still leaving the region than arriving from other parts of the United States.

— Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026