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root out

English

  1. 🔊 pull up by or as if by the roots
    “uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden”
  2. 🔊 destroy completely, as if down to the roots
    “the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted”

Similar words

uproot extirpate deracinate uproot eradicate extirpate exterminate abate abolish abscind abstract amputate annihilate avulse ban bar blot out bob buck off cast off cast out chuck clear clear away