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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
The increase in muscle could take away his speed, one of his most lethal weapons, or sap his endurance during long rounds.
They say their old stairlift was ripped out after they were taken away.
She once used a concentration camp’s children as movie extras, then denied knowing they were later taken away by train and killed.
Every second they go over, we take away $1,000 from the Boys & Girls Club.
“By taking away this program, hundreds of thousands of California’s drivers will pay the price. It’s a lose-lose and we urge the federal government to retain this program.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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