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root out
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
root out
Exterminate (Latin ex, out, and terminus, a boundary) signified primarily to drive beyond the bounds or limits of a country; the word is applied to races of men or animals, and is now almost exclusively used for removal by death; individuals are now said to be banished or expelled. Eradicate (Latin e, out, and radix, root) is primarily applied to numbers or groups of plants which it is desired to remove effectually from the soil; a single tree may be uprooted, but is not said to be eradicated; we labor to eradicate or root out noxious weeds. To extirpate (Latin ex, out, and stirps, stem, stock) is not only to destroy the individuals of any race of plants or animals, but the very stock, so that the race can never be restored; we speak of eradicating a disease, of extirpating a cancer, exterminating wild beasts or hostile tribes; we seek to eradicate or extirpate all vices and evils. Compare ABOLISH.
Synonyms:
annihilate, banish, destroy, eradicate, expel, exterminate, extirpate, overthrow, remove, uproot, wipe outAntonyms:
augment, beget, breed, build up, cherish, colonize, develop, foster, increase, plant, populate, propagate, replenish, settle
Princeton's WordNet
uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root outverb
pull up by or as if by the roots
"uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
Synonyms:
eradicate, deracinate, uproot, extirpate, exterminateuproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminateverb
destroy completely, as if down to the roots
"the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"
Synonyms:
extirpate, kill off, annihilate, deracinate, eliminate, uproot, decimate, exterminate, wipe out, extinguish, eradicate, carry off
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ranking | word | |
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#1651 | remove | |
#5808 | eliminate | |
#6266 | destroy | |
#27471 | overthrow | |
#28847 | eradicate | |
#41031 | expel | |
#45925 | extinguish | |
#50455 | banish | |
#66079 | annihilate | |
#68362 | exterminate | |
#91610 | uproot | |
#107435 | decimate | |
#228927 | extirpate |
How to use root out in a sentence?
The Post Office Sale has trees still standing that has tree spikes in them, do you have any kind of program as far as trying to root out which of those trees – they tell me some of the spikes are 150 feet off the ground.
Rather than supporting Ukraine's reforms and working to root out corruption, corrupt actors within the prosecutor general's office are making things worse by openly and aggressively undermining reform.
They want to detect and root out any sentiment that runs counter to the party state.
Their sorrow will only be healed after the revolution... my only thought is to root out the dictatorship, for now I have to bury my bitterness and hatred in the revolution.
Free Press Co-CEO Jessica Gonzalez:
Instead of committing to a timeline to root out hate and disinformation on Facebook, the company's leaders delivered the same old talking points to try to placate us without meeting our demands, facebook approached our meeting today like it was nothing more than a PR exercise.
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- Eliminar, exterminarSpanish
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