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 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 Her father, fearing for the safety of himself and his daughter, took out a gun and fired one shot at Gonzalez, according to the statement. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026 The Buckeyes took out their frustration on Kent State the following week, winning 59-3. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026 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 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

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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
In other developments, Russia unleashed another missile and drone blitz on civilian areas in Ukraine, killing at least nine people, officials said, as Zelenskyy sought more American and European help.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of unleashed

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Open for breakfast, Sunday brunch (a buffet sometimes accompanied by live jazz), lunch, and dinner, The Bistro serves American classics, with a natural emphasis on seafood.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2026
Twenty years later, Elizabeth (Roden) is spending Christmas at Biltmore and this time is accompanied by James (Trevena), a suitor her Aunt Maysilee (MacDowell) is keen for her to wed.

— Rachel LaBonte, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of accompanied

Verb

About a week after that procedure, Bickelhaupt received a second opinion from a different neurosurgeon, who said the bone flap was infected and should be removed.

— Zoey Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
The Cubs’ reputation as lovable losers was well-earned after 37 years without a National League pennant and 74 years removed from their last World Series title.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of removed

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In Cucuta, next to the border with Venezuela, authorities are investigating the murder of a former deputy mayor, who was assassinated on Monday night while on his way home.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
In Cucuta, next to the border with Venezuela, authorities are investigating the murder of a former deputy mayor, who was assassinated Monday night on his way home.

— Manuel Rueda, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of assassinated

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For the tinkering types, Meta also released open weights for Muse’s code to help people connect it to a range of other devices.

— Marty Swant, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Although officials have not released details about the cause of death, scientists agree that if it was caused by ordinary plague, the wider world has little to worry about.

— Faye Flam, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of released

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The film opens in an Upper East Side town house, where a woman decorating her Christmas tree discovers a Tiffany Blue Box dated December 1992.

— Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026
Whittier's original football program dated to 1907, and the move to drop football along with lacrosse and golf in 2020 saved money but cost the school many of the 120 athletes who were affected.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of dated

Verb

In July, Cooper withdrew her petition to sponsor Jean Louis' visa, according to documents reviewed by Fox29.

— Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
As that enormous dome thinned through the Holocene, its margin withdrew up onto Baffin Island, and what’s left today is the deflated core of something that was once two miles thick.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of withdrew

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During this same time his father had vanished behind the Bamboo Curtain and was almost certainly persecuted, possibly even murdered, by the same Communists that Hoover claimed to be fighting.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
New or expecting mothers are more likely to be murdered than to die from obstetric causes.

— Michele Decker, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026