ROOT OUT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Pull up by or as if by the roots

Example:

uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden

Synonyms:

deracinate; extirpate; root out; uproot

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "root out" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "root out"):

stub (pull up (weeds) by their roots)

Sentence frames:

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Meaning:

Destroy completely, as if down to the roots

Example:

root out corruption

Synonyms:

eradicate; exterminate; extirpate; root out; uproot

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "root out" is one way to...):

destroy; destruct (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of)

Sentence frames:

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