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View definitions for taken

taken

adjective as in captured

adjective as in employed or rented

Weak match

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The al Qaeda-linked gunmen shot back, but only managed to injure one officer before they were taken out.

Most of it is taken up by a graphic inviting the visitor to participate in the 2016 online presidential straw poll.

Meanwhile two kids were taken from their mother when she flew back to the UK from Turkey.

Haringey Council told The Daily Beast that the children had not been taken permanently into state care.

“Under Suleimani several military branches have taken shape [in Iraq] which are run by Iran and the Iranian military,” he said.

A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.

Of course, considerations of weight have to be taken into account, but the more mould round the roots the better.

Within the past thirty years civilization has rapidly taken possession of this lovely region.

What course was taken to supply that assembly when any noble family became extinct?

The pig family did not know when Squinty would be taken away from them, and all they could do was to wait.

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On this page you'll find 25 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to taken, such as: appropriated, arrested, and seized.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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