TOOK OUT Synonyms: 140 Similar and Opposite Words

took out

verb

past tense 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 assassinated

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 took out The nor'easter also took out a number of events planned for the weekend. — Scott Simon, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026 This is admittedly a ridiculously high standard, but just compare this film to David Fincher’s Zodiac, which shows us just how much all that obsession took out of the people involved in the case. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026 Two other men from the group took out guns and fired toward the 50-year-old man's car before fleeing, police said. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026 Homebuyers who took out mortgages during that stretch may have expected rates to fall enough by now to refinance into cheaper loans. — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026 Only borrowers who took out or consolidated federal loans before July 1, 2026, can select SRP, while the Tiered Standard Plan is available to older and newer borrowers. — Maya Benjamin,dan Avery, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026 The second policy was the one Lewis took out on himself on May 15, 1975. — Annalise Peterson, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2026 Elijah took out Expressions and helped Home Town Man defeat the former NFL player as well. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026 As the action resumed, a crash at the end of lap 43 involving Marcus Armstrong and Christian Rasmussen took out Rinus VeeKay. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2026

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In April, Collins unleashed multiple fronts of attack at a news conference, handing out a 13-page dossier covering past Donalds associates, stock trades and votes in Congress.

— Michael Van Sickler, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026
From SheetsGate to purposefully washing Joy’s uniforms with rags, the laundry room has unleashed something deranged in Gen.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of unleashed

Verb

The child, the now-teenaged James Fulton Engstrom, is slated to present relics of Sheen at the ceremony, accompanied by his family, who had sought Sheen's intercession for healing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
When receiver Cooper Barkate accompanied quarterback Darian Mensah from Duke to UM last winter, there was never any expectation that Barkate would match his gaudy statistics from a year ago.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of accompanied

Verb

Abascal was removed from the building on a stretcher and placed in an ambulance before she was driven away from the neighborhood.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
Since production has never been transparent about exactly what went down during her surgery, Kari has only her blurry memory combined with the accounts of cameramen who were in the operating room documenting it — until they were removed.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of removed

Verb

President Joe Biden extended it after Haitiian President, Jovenel Moïse was assassinated on July 7, 2021.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026
In the late 1990s, there were calls for the citizenship of Yigal Amir, who assassinated former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, to be removed.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of assassinated

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Democrats hold just a five-percentage-point lead over Republicans about a month and a half out from the 2026 midterm elections, according to a new NBC News poll that was released on Sunday.

— Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2026
On New Year’s Eve, Lindsay checked herself into McLean Psychiatric Hospital, where she was treated for depression, and days later released seventeen days before the murder.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of released

Verb

For now, Paramount is inheriting at least 39 Warner Bros theatrical releases on the calendar dated between October 2 this year and the end of 2028.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026
Tatum and Kravitz previously dated, beginning in 2021 and became engaged in 2023 before ending their relationship in October 2024.

— Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of dated

Verb

Sheeran’s remaining supporting acts—the band Lukas Graham and the singer-songwriters Aaron Rowe and Finneas—and his backing band, the Irish folk troupe Beoga, all withdrew in solidarity.

— Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026
Heikes advanced when the fourth-place finisher, Democrat David Leslie, withdrew.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of withdrew

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That was the fate of Jeffrey Dahmer’s former apartment building and the Idaho house where Bryan Kohberger murdered four college students.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026
In 1892, Andrew Borden and his wife, Abby, were murdered in broad daylight inside their Massachusetts home, just blocks from the town’s busy center.

— Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026