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 Investigators allege those payments were instead taken out of the mail stream, changed and then cashed remotely using mobile deposits tied to accounts in the Houston area. —

Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026 However, the recent Middle East conflict and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led to a significant amount of low-cost polyethylene capacity being taken out of commission, since the 15% of the world polyethylene capacity that comes from the region is offline or unable to be transported out. —

Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026 Were the three F-15Es flying so close that they could all be taken out at once? —

Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026 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 Lyons said the comment had been taken out of context. —

Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026

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But this week’s criticism unleashed some startling internal vitriol.

— Ali Swenson, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
Bright streaks known as ejecta rays can be seen streaking away from young impact craters in Odendahl's photo, whose existence testifies to the incredible force unleashed in their creation.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2026