'root out' definitions:
Definition of 'root out'
(from WordNet)
verb
Pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" [syn: uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out]
verb
Destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption" [syn: uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate]
Synonyms of 'root out'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'root out'
- Root,
- Rooted,
- Rootedly,
- Rooting,
- root for,
- root on,
- roots,
- Aerial roots,
- Bowman's root,
- Brier root,
- Cahinca root,
- Cancer root,
- Chay root,
- China root,
- Choy root,
- Club root,
- Coral root,
- Cube root,
- Culver's root,
- Dragon root,
- Fever root,
- Flag root,
- Hollow root,
- Musk root,
- Musquash root,
- Pepper root,
- Pleurisy root,
- Premorse root,
- Primary root,
- Rape root,
- Rattlesnake root,
- Residual root,
- Rheumatism root,
- Root and branch,
- Root barnacle,
- Root hair,
- Root leaf,
- Root louse,
- Root of a nail,
- Root of a tooth,
- Root of an equation,
- Secondary roots,
- Seneca root,
- Senega root,
- Seneka root,
- The extraction of roots,
- To extract the root,
- To strike root,
- To take root,
- Turmeric root,
- Unicorn root,
- adventitious root,
- ague root,
- anterior root,
- blueberry root,
- cainca root,
- celery root,
- chicory root,
- chocolate root,
- colic root,
- crinkle root,
- culvers root,
- deep rooted,
- derris root,
- dorsal root,
- grass roots,
- hairy root,
- horseradish root,
- licorice root,
- mandrake root,
- papoose root,
- pappoose root,
- prop root,
- root beer,
- root canal,
- root cap,
- root celery,
- root cellar,
- root climber,
- root crop,
- root rot,
- root system,
- root vegetable,
- root word,
- rooting reflex,
- sarsaparilla root,
- senga root,
- square root,
- squaw root,
- stone root,
- take root,
- taro root,
- tinker's root,
- tooth root,
- tuba root,
- tuber root,
- ventral root,
- yellow root,
- Biquadratic root of a number,
- Multiple primary root,
- Square root of a number,
- Square root of a quantity,
- cervical root syndrome,
- clover-root,
- crested coral root,
- crinkle-root,
- deep-rooted,
- early coral root,
- finger-root,
- implanted planted rooted,
- pale coral root,
- root beer float,
- rose-root,
- spotted coral root,
- stone-root,
- striped coral root,
- Root-and-branch men,
- black root rot fungus,
- brown root rot fungus,
- characteristic root of a square matrix,
- coral-root bittercress,
- fibrous-rooted begonia,
- turnip-rooted celery,
- turnip-rooted parsley