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root out

/r/u/t_/AU/t/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

  1. pull up by or as if by the roots

    verb.contact

    Synonyms deracinate extirpate uproot

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots

    verb.creation

    Examples
    Root out corruption.
    Synonyms eradicate exterminate extirpate uproot

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

root cellarroot climberroot croproot forroot hairroot onroot rotroot systemroot vegetableroot wordrootagerootbound

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