TAKEN (OUT) Synonyms: 143 Similar and Opposite Words

taken out

verb

past participle of take out

as in unleashed

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in accompanied

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

as in removed

to take away from a place or position the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of taken out But for the first part, a lot of the humanity has been taken out of the process. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026 Deadline can confirm that Grande’s label is working to get the song taken out of the clip. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026 About three-fourths of the water that’s taken out is used for agriculture, growing alfalfa for cattle as well as lettuce, broccoli and other crops. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026 That happened in New York City in 2018, when at least a half dozen city buses were taken out of service after reports of bedbugs crawling on seats. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026 Colts special teams coordinator Brian Mason was taken out on the final play of scrimmage in the team’s 13-13 tie with the New England Patriots on Thursday night at Gillette Stadium. — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2026 This is to be expected given nearly the entire Iranian leadership being taken out months ago. — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026 The bodies were then taken out of the backcountry by a snowcat before being transported to a mortuary in Truckee. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026 The crash victim, identified as a 66-year-old man, was taken out of the woods by the fire department using specialized vehicles and transferred to an ambulance which transported him to Life Star. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for taken out

Verb

Across the Northeast, torrential rains from the same storms unleashed flash flooding that shut the Long Island Expressway and left scores of motorists trapped in rising water until emergency crews rescued them.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
The Quakes again unleashed another shot on target in minute 12 when Jack Jasinski received a pass in the box and belted an attempt for the far post to force a kick save from Marcinkowski.

— Mercury News, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of unleashed

Verb

Many of the experiences are suitable for older children, from riding to learning how to look after sheep for the day, accompanied by a local shepherd.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026
Preeclampsia is hypertension that develops after 20 weeks and is accompanied by signs that other organs, such as the kidneys, are being affected.

— Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of accompanied

Verb

The locomotive’s engine cylinders have been removed, and its crankcase was bare.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026
The vaccine, in combination with Keytruda , met key goals in patients with higher-risk or advanced melanoma whose detectable cancer had been completely removed through surgery.

— Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of removed

Verb

If the appeals court agrees, Patterson would only be the second woman to receive a full life sentence in Australia, after Katherine Knight, who murdered her de facto husband and cooked parts of his body.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
On August 4, 1892, Lizzie Borden’s father and stepmother, Andrew and Abby Borden, were murdered in the family’s home in Fall River, Massachusetts.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of murdered

Verb

Klitschko and Panettiere dated on and off for nearly a decade beginning in 2009, and were at one point engaged before Panettiere gave birth to their daughter, Kaya, in 2014.

— Ellise Shafer, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026
Not yet dated for publication, House of Crowns is set at an elite boarding school in Switzerland where royalty and world leaders send their children.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of dated

Verb

Congress named the performing arts center as a living memorial to Kennedy in 1964, the year after he was assassinated.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
The congregation was the organizing place for the sanitation workers’ strike that brought King to town in March 1968, weeks before he was assassinated there.

— Jason Wollschleger, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of assassinated

Verb

Additionally, interviews and encounters with the slain officers’ family members also illustrate the cost and harm of a job that was formed in the early 19th century and remains antiquated and unchanged in our 21st-century world.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026
Banks’ attorneys argued the song is about Banks’ slain older brother, who is named in the lyrics.

— Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026