Synonyms for root out
root out

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1. 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 out

   Antonyms:
   augment, beget, breed, build up, cherish, colonize, develop, foster, increase, plant, populate, propagate, replenish, settle

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1. 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, exterminate

2. uproot, 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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1. root out

   Synonyms:
   eradicate, extirpate, extract, exterminate, destroy

2. root out

   Synonyms:
   discover, unravel, worm out, fish out, ferret out, fish up

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1. Andrea Stewart-Cousins:

   It begins to root out injustice and to bring justice to our justice system. It is a step and it is a path to equality. Sadly we all know that there will be more moments that will shake us all to our core but in this chamber we also understand that our response to those moments will make all the difference.

2. Sarah Leah Whitson:

   Saudi Arabia will never solve the problem of informal work until it fixes its labor system to root out long-term systemic abuses.

3. Joshua Buxbaum:

   I would certainly think given the budgets they have that they would have the ability to root out these videos.

4. Antony Blinken:

   Because traffickers prey on those who are vulnerable, those who are less likely to have access to good jobs or educational opportunities, who are less likely to be treated as equal by place in the justice system and who are less likely to be believed when they report that they are being targeted or abused, if we're serious about ending trafficking of persons, we must also work to root out systemic racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination and to build more equitable society in every dimension.

5. Buddhist:

   Root out the love of self, as you might the autumn lotus with your hand.