root out in English dictionary

  • root out

    Meanings and definitions of "root out"

    • To remove or abolish completely.
    • To search for and discover.
    • verb
      To remove or abolish completely.
    • verb
      To search for and discover.
    • To destroy completely leaving no trace.
    • verb
      destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"; "root out corruption"
    • verb
      pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

    Synonyms of "root out" in English dictionary

    destroy, exterminate, uproot are the top synonyms of "root out" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of root out

    • root out ( third-person singular simple present roots out, present participle rooting out, simple past and past participle rooted out)
    • root out (third-person singular simple present roots out, present participle rooting out, simple past and past participle rooted out)

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