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 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 Then one of them took out a little book and was writing in it for no reason. — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026 The quarrel turned physical when one of the three men took out a gun and shot the victim, who was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and died at the hospital. — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026 Darnella Frazier, 17, took out her phone and recorded the brutality. — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026 Inside the ring, Rhodes attempted another Cody Cutter, Punk moved in, and took out the ref. — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

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Verb

That was before Bellinger unleashed an on-the-money rocket in the seventh inning of the series-opener against Boston.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 29 Aug. 2026
The disaster unleashed deadly flooding, destroying homes, buildings and infrastructure and leaving scores dead.

— Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of unleashed

Verb

But Boone removed him from the lineup before the top of the fourth, shifting José Caballero to shortstop and bringing in Amed Rosario to play third base.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
That arrest came roughly one-and-a-half-years removed from Cleveland being arrested for DUI.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of removed

Verb

Among them is the son of Fred Hampton, a senior leader of the Black Panther Party who was assassinated by the FBI in 1969, at the age of 21.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2026
Congress named the performing arts center as a living memorial to Kennedy in 1964, the year after he was assassinated.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of assassinated

Verb

The voyage produced a 24 percent reduction in fuel consumption, according to measurements released by the maritime energy company.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
After being sedated, the bobcat was later released near Forbes Creek, close to the natural habitat where it was found, police said.

— Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of released

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Neiman’s team dated the snail’s genome duplication to less than a million years ago — incredibly recent in evolutionary terms, but long enough ago for the species to have begun the longer process of adjusting to its heavier genomic load.

— Carrie Arnold Contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026
The deeper history comes from dead coral heads, which can be dated using uranium-thorium methods to within a few years, even as far back as 500 years.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of dated

Verb

Fritz advanced to the final in 2024, but was defeated by Jannik Sinner (who just withdrew from the 2026 US Open with a knee injury) at the Billie Jean King Tennis Center.

— Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026
In 2024, the DSA’s national political committee withdrew its conditional endorsement of her reelection, citing disagreements over Israel and Gaza, among other issues.

— Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of withdrew

Verb

Lorca was murdered in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War by followers of Francisco Franco, and his body remains undiscovered to this day.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2026
Ideologies held by Kirk and others like him, Miles said, are the reason Black people have been violently murdered.

— Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Sep. 2026