root out

Verb

Meaning

pull up by or as if by the roots

destroy completely, as if down to the roots

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

eradicate exterminate uproot extirpate deracinate winkle find ferret root kill remove destroy detect overcome pick
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Antonyms

amnesty garner free connect collect combine
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Hypernyms

move destroy displace destruct

Hyponyms

stub

Related terms

root and branch

Examples

To succeed, we have to be the party of change, we have to root out corruption in our own ranks and we have to be the party of solutions. Bobby Jindal

Root out the counterrevolutionaries without mercy, lock up suspicious characters in concentration camps... Shirkers will be shot, regardless of past service. Leon Trotsky

Root out the violence in your life, and learn to live compassionately and mindfully. Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others is possible. Nhat Hanh

He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place. Charles Caleb Colton

I will use whatever position I have in order to root out hypocrisy. Democrats have strong moral values. Frankly, my moral values are offended by some of the things I hear on programs like "Rush Limbaugh," and we don't have to put up with that. Howard Dean

After a revolution there must be a period of cleansing, retribution and reeducation, presided over by a ruthless leader. It is the only way to root out the entrenched decadence. David Lane (white nationalist)

Close letter words and terms

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