Synonyms of taken out

taken out

verb

past participle of take out

1

as in unleashed

to find emotional release for

he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unleashed
• released
• given way (to)
• expressed
• aired
• voiced
• vented
• acted out
• loosed
• stated
• ventilated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppressed
• managed
• controlled
• governed
• repressed
• handled
• bottled (up)
• held back
• contained
• checked
• pulled in
• constrained
• restrained
• tamed
• smothered
• curbed
• inhibited
• quieted
• swallowed
• reined (in)
• soothed
• stilled
• lulled
• repressed
• choked
• stifled
• quelled
• strangled
• muffled
• bridled
• pocketed
• allayed

2

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

• accompanied
• gone out (with)
• dated
• escorted
• seen
• wooed
• courted

3

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

• removed
• withdrawn
• pulled
• drawn
• drawn out
• drawn off
• extracted
• cleared
• dislodged
• moved
• shifted
• cut
• demounted
• abstracted
• transferred
• displaced
• transposed
• disturbed
• dislocated
• budged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• put
• placed
• positioned
• mounted
• set
• secured
• fixed
• clamped
• set up
• embedded
• anchored
• rooted
• situated
• stuck
• lodged
• entrenched
• implanted
• moored
• hitched
• ingrained
• sited

4

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

• murdered
• assassinated
• slain
• executed
• done in
• got
• destroyed
• put away
• offed
• done away with
• killed
• knocked off
• rubbed out
• dispatched
• slaughtered
• bumped off
• terminated
• neutralized
• liquidated
• snuffed
• whacked
• blown away
• carried off
• iced
• croaked
• cut down
• shot down
• eradicated
• blotted out
• wiped out
• claimed
• eliminated
• shot
• butchered
• felled
• smitten
• massacred
• mowed (down)
• zapped
• exterminated
• annihilated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restored
• raised
• revived
• animated
• resurrected
• resuscitated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of taken out

Tokyo had taken out a $650-million insurance policy on the Games, according to a report by Szabo’s office. — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

But while Godzilla can be taken down, he can’t be entirely taken out. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2026

But a lot of stuff had been taken out of the existing script. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026

But the ground game was largely taken out of the equation in the second half as the score got out of hand. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026

Seaver defended himself in a statement to TMZ, insisting his words were taken out of context. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2026

However, rates are already higher for loans taken out during the 2026-27 academic year based on the last 10-year Treasury note auction in May, which took effect July 1. — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026

But court dockets say there’s still an open domestic violence restraining order against him, first taken out by his wife on June 12, 2025. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026

That’s not unusual and not always a bad thing, just as long as the dead air gets taken out of a show that still needed to pick up pace. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026