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take away
verb as in discharge
verb as in discount
Weak matches
hold a sale, make allowance for, sell at discount, strike off, take off
verb as in do away with
Weak matches
abolish, bump off, cancel, discard, discontinue, do in, eliminate, exterminate, finish, kill, liquidate, murder, put an end to, put to death, remove, slaughter, slay, wipe out
verb as in draw back
verb as in incarcerate
verb as in intercept
verb as in jail
Weak matches
put away, put behind bars, put on ice, send up, throw away the keys, throw in dungeon, throw the book at
verb as in ransack
verb as in take
verb as in wipe
verb as in withdraw
Strongest matches
depart, disengage, drop out, eliminate, go, leave, pull back, pull out, quit, retire, retreat
Strong matches
abjure, blow, book, detach, exit, extract, quail, recede, recoil, secede, shrink, switch, vacate
Weak matches
absent oneself, back out, bail out, bow out, check out, draw away, draw back, ease out, exfiltrate, fall back, get away, get lost, get off, give ground, give way, keep aloof, keep apart, make oneself scarce, phase out, run along, seclude oneself, take a hike, take leave, take off, take out
Example Sentences
Hamas footage showed him being taken away as a hostage from the Nova festival.
“Like my life was being taken away,” Stewart says.
“To me, it takes away from the purity of the driving experience and feels artificial, almost like a gimmick.”
Democrats are responsible for the very existence of Medicare and Medicaid, and they have safeguarded the programs for decades of Republican attempts to take away people’s health insurance.
I’m just surprised that it’s the one thing he took away.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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