root out

Meaning

  1. (transitive) To remove or abolish completely.
  2. (transitive) To search for and discover.

Synonyms

extirpate

uproot
34k
eradicate
20k
exterminate
C2
pull out
deracinate
abolish
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stub
22k
eliminate
C1
root up
destroy
B1
remove
B1
take out
weed
B2
dredge up

pull up by the roots

rake out

take sth out

root away

annihilate
C2
cancel
B2
dig out
draw
B1
draw out
erase
C1
extract
C1
get rid of
out
A1
pull up
Translations

déraciner
extirper
sradicare
svellere
estirpare
extirpar
extraer
roden
éradiquer
extirpar
ausrotten

desarrelar

stirpare

erradicar
extirpar
Etymology

From the notion of eradication: ripping something out by the roots.

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