Except
Except verb - Prevent from being included or considered or accepted.
Take out
Take out verb - Prevent from being included or considered or accepted.
Both terms in one sentence
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In The Secret Saturdays, the whole family (except the female lead's brother) has a twin in an alternate universe, who all try to take out the heroes as Psycho Rangers.
Source: Alternate Universe -
Chandler and Tex, meanwhile, nearly successsfully take out her minions on the plane, except Tex has been gutshot and is bleeding out badly.
Source: Series / The Last Ship -
The aliens take out everyone except Susan first, since they considered her low priority.
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