root out

root out
Synonyms and related words:
abate, abolish, abscind, abstract, amputate, annihilate, avulse, ban, bar, blot out, bob, buck off, cast off, cast out, chuck, clear, clear away, clear out, clear the decks, clip, crop, cull, cut, cut away, cut off, cut out, demolish, deport, depose, deracinate, destroy, dig out, dig up, disentangle, dislodge, dismount, dispose of, dock, draw, draw out, dredge, dredge up, eject, elide, eliminate, enucleate, eradicate, evolve, evulse, excavate, except, excise, exclude, exile, expatriate, expel, exsect, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, extract, extricate, ferret out, fish out, get out, get quit of, get rid of, get shut of, gouge out, grub up, hunt out, isolate, knock off, liquidate, lop, mine, mutilate, nip, outlaw, pare, peel, pick out, pluck out, pluck up, prune, pry out, pull, pull out, pull up, purge, quarry, rake out, raze, remove, rip out, root up, rule out, scout out, search out, set apart, set aside, shave, shear, spy out, stamp out, strike off, strike out, strip, strip off, sweep away, take off, take out, tear out, throw off, throw over, throw overboard, truncate, unearth, unhorse, unplace, unravel, unsaddle, unseat, uproot, weed out, wipe out, withdraw, wrest out

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • root out — (something) to find and remove a problem. She promises to root out corruption in state government. Retreating forces can blend into the landscape, making it more difficult to root them out …   New idioms dictionary

  • root out — index destroy (efface), disinter, extirpate, ferret, solve Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • root out — verb 1. pull up by or as if by the roots (Freq. 1) uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden • Syn: ↑uproot, ↑extirpate, ↑deracinate • Derivationally related forms: ↑deracination ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • root out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you root out a person, you find them and force them from the place they are in, usually in order to punish them. [V P n (not pron)] The generals have to root out traitors... [V n P] It shouldn t take too long to root him out.… …   English dictionary

  • root out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms root out : present tense I/you/we/they root out he/she/it roots out present participle rooting out past tense rooted out past participle rooted out to find something bad or illegal and get rid of it The… …   English dictionary

  • root out — 1) the hedge was rooted out Syn: uproot, deracinate, pull up, grub out 2) root out corruption Syn: eradicate, eliminate, weed out, destroy, wipe out, stamp out, extirpate, abolish …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • root out — verb a) To remove or abolish completely. They rooted out all vestiges of corruption. b) To search for and discover. It took then hours to root out exactly where the water was coming in …   Wiktionary

  • root out — phr verb Root out is used with these nouns as the object: ↑corruption …   Collocations dictionary

  • root out something — root out (something) to find and remove a problem. She promises to root out corruption in state government. Retreating forces can blend into the landscape, making it more difficult to root them out …   New idioms dictionary

  • root out — remove by the roots …   English contemporary dictionary

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