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 Rhodes took out a ladder and looked to end the match right then and there. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026 Xi took out one of his biggest targets just two weeks before the gathering, continued Han Yong Hong. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 7 Nov. 2026 Streets for All’s political action committee took out ads to elect Raman and defeat Bass, powered largely by contributions from hedge fund manager and bike lane advocate Aaron Sosnick. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026 Watson took out a gun and shot him in the right side of the head, documents allege. — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026 That fight escalated when one of the men took out a gun and fired it. — Olivia Young, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Shortly after, Wilcox slammed on the brakes, jumped out of his vehicle, took out a loaded semi-automatic handgun and fired three gunshots at the officer, according to the District Attorney’s Office. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026 My stepmother took out her anger and frustration with her husband on me. — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026 The nor'easter also took out a number of events planned for the weekend. — Scott Simon, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for took out

Verb

The storm over the horizon has fully formed and now is about to be unleashed.

— Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 6 Nov. 2026
Spending two years writing his autobiography, the 2023 bestseller Scattershot, and working on a forthcoming documentary, unleashed a creative wellspring in Bernie Taupin.

— Melinda Newman, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of unleashed

Verb

Written with usual suspects Dan Nigro and Amy Allen, it’s accompanied by a music video starring Saturday Night Live’s Ben Marshall as Rodrigo’s boo, and Cynthia Nixon as his mom.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2026
Coca Cola collection will be accompanied by an ad campaign photographed by Ellen von Unwerth.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of accompanied

Verb

If he is removed from office, Vice President Pedro Alliana would be sworn in.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
Multiple independent sources tell CBS California Investigates that the two consultants at the center of our reporting have been removed from the project and are no longer billing under the KPMG contract.

— Julie Watts, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of removed

Verb

Its tree- and mausoleum-lined avenues are home to over 25,000 burial sites, including Felipe Carrillo Puerto (a progressive champion of human rights who was assassinated in 1924).

— Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2026
The United States and Israel assassinated Iran’s leadership, including the supreme leader and much of his family, yet the regime remains intact.

— S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of assassinated

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Doctors also described various nonhormonal options in the new advice released last month by the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists.

— Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
The identity of the man who died will be released by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office once next of kin have been notified.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of released

Verb

Detectives from the start suspected Panetti had been murdered.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026
It was consecrated by James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, young Black and Jewish men murdered together in 1964 for their work to register Black voters.

— Seth Limmer, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026