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 Buckeyes took out their frustration on Kent State the following week, winning 59-3. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026 The second person took out a gun and shot the man in the right hand. — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 28 Sep. 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 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 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for took out

Verb

The rise of prediction markets has unleashed a flurry of lawsuits from Native American tribes across the United States.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
The violence unleashed there had motivated her to take on a new mission – making Juneteenth a national holiday.

— Briauna Brown, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of unleashed

Verb

The Tasting Room offers a full-service restaurant open for dinner and weekend brunch, accompanied by hyperlocal award-winning ciders—all hand-crafted on-site in a state-of-the-art cidery.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
Starting with tonight's game between Brashear and Westinghouse, all students under the age of 18 will need to be accompanied by an adult over the age of 21 to be able to get into the stadium.

— Mike Darnay, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of accompanied

Verb

Yeah, people just want to see if I really did get assassinated by Madonna’s Cartel.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2026
The 21-year-old Michigan State senior is also head of the local chapter of Turning Point, the group for young conservatives whose founder, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated last year.

— Jacqueline Ganun, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of assassinated

Verb

There’s also the heating and cooling system, wherein heat generated by the hotel’s air-conditioning units is used to produce hot water rather than being released into the atmosphere.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Russian officials have not released figures on damage to the country's oil infrastructure.

— HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of released

Verb

In the past two years, a record number of 4,137 Japanese companies fully withdrew from China, according to Teikoku’s data.

— Anniek Bao,Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
The president withdrew consideration for a ban after the Group of Seven agreed last week to release up to 100 million barrels of oil and diesel from its emergency stocks.

— Maydeen Merino, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of withdrew

Verb

In the series, a bachelorette weekend turns deadly when the bride (Jenner) winds up murdered in the pool, and her closest girlfriends all become suspects.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026
Her sister's husband, her brother-in-law, Yagev Buchshtab however, had been murdered by the terrorists.

— Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026