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root out in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. pull up by or as if by the roots
    "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
    uproot  extirpate  deracinate  root out 
  2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots
    "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"
    uproot  eradicate  extirpate  root out  exterminate 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University


root out in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (verb) To remove or abolish completely.
  2. (verb) To search for and discover.
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