taken out

verb

Definition of taken outnext
past participle of take out
1
as in unleashed
to find emotional release for he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood

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2
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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3
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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4
as in gotten
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 Synonyms for taken out
  1. unleashed
  2. accompanied
  3. removed
  4. released
  5. murdered
  6. dated
  7. assassinated
  8. slain
Verb
  • Thompson's death unleashed scorn on social media aimed at the company and the American health insurance industry as a whole.
    Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
  • After making the pick, Bynum stood up, dropped to the ground, and unleashed a series of dance moves, with his teammates gathering around to join in the fun.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of unleashed
Verb
  • Finally, the topmost aim is to allow the use of a separate video as the input source, possibly accompanied by text and images, all of which the generative AI utilizes to produce a suitable video.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • There are certainly true believers in the technology, but they are accompanied by celebrities and memelords drumming up new coins based on viral memes, and scores of day traders hoping to catch one of these speculation tokens at the right moment.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of accompanied
Verb
  • Underhill has been removed from the story in A Complete Unknown.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
  • This will be removed after the tournament for the beginning of the new club season in Switzerland.
    Asif Burhan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of removed
Verb
  • The brand recently released their Fall/Winter 2024 collection on their website.
    Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The Yardbirds released Roger the Engineer in 1966.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of released
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  • Was this simply a tragic accident or was the horse murdered?
    GrrlScientist, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The shooter murdered 26 people in the school, including 20 children.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of murdered
Verb
  • Equally, what was once culturally relevant can become tired and dated, requiring reinvention (see Old Spice).
    Tripp Westbrook, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • One of Mangione's apparent posts on the r/Spondylolisthesis subreddit dated to February of 2024 referred to having had a surgery for the condition six months prior.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of dated
Verb
  • After the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched its attack on Israel in October last year, Hezbollah began exchanging fire with Israel, prompting an Israeli retaliation that had the group’s top brass assassinated and significantly debilitated its capabilities.
    Mostafa Salem, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The next day, he was assassinated.
    La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of assassinated
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  • Standing alongside firefighter’s gear that belonged to slain Trump rallygoer Corey Comperatore, Trump claimed that divine intervention saved him from also being killed in the attack at a Pennsylvania campaign rally last weekend.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 19 July 2024
  • Hundreds paid their final respects Wednesday to slain Birmingham Firefighter Jordan Melton, who was gunned down while on duty two weeks ago at Station 9.
    Carol Robinson | crobinson@al.com, al, 26 July 2023
Definition of slain
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