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 Schoen says those can be taken out of your donation pile too. —

Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2026 The Wolverines struggled against Sierra Canyon’s half-court trap and didn’t have enough offensive contributors with Sterling taken out of the game by the Trailblazers’ defense. —

Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026 CrowdStrike attorneys disputed many of the assertions, saying they had been taken out of context. —

Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 20 Jan. 2026 Since the discovery of gold here, in 1898, billions of dollars have been taken out of Nome’s beach and from the bottom of the Bering Sea, just offshore. —

Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026 Past statements or e-mails can be taken out of context, with dangerous results, so carefully phrase your statements in board meetings or in e-mails — and avoid intemperate or sarcastic remarks. —

Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026 The houseboats can sleep up to six people and can be taken out on the water. —

Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026 When she's arrested and taken out of the courtroom in handcuffs, that will feel much better than today did. —

Karen Morfitt, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026 Finally, the officers corral the woman and another clip shows her being taken out of the restaurant in a stretcher. —

Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026

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The head of a medical watchdog group unleashed on Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) after a nurse at the school's hospital lost her job over TikTok videos that went viral for all the wrong reasons.

— Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
For example, the higher estimates for the infamous August 2013 East Ghoutta chemical weapons attack, which saw sarin nerve gas unleashed on an urban civilian area, are 1,500 dead.

— Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026