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Synonyms for "root out" in English

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root out:
- deracinate; uproot; extirpate; root out; exterminate; eradicate

English

Detailed Synonyms for root out in English

root out:

root out verbe

root out

– pull up by or as if by the roots ¹
deracinate; uproot; extirpate; root out
– pull up by or as if by the roots ¹
- deracinate verbe
- uproot verbe
  - uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden¹
- extirpate verbe
- root out verbe
root out

– destroy completely, as if down to the roots ¹
to exterminate; to eradicate; root out; uproot; extirpate
– destroy completely, as if down to the roots ¹
- exterminate verbe (exterminates, exterminated, exterminating)
- eradicate verbe (eradicates, eradicated, eradicating)
- root out verbe
  - root out corruption¹
- uproot verbe
  - the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted¹
- extirpate verbe

Alternate Synonyms for "root out":

uproot; extirpate; deracinate; move; displace
eradicate; exterminate; destroy; destruct

Related Definitions for "root out":

pull up by or as if by the roots¹
destroy completely, as if down to the roots¹
- root out corruption¹

Related Synonyms for root out

out
root

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University