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ROOT OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pull up by or as if by the roots
Example:
uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden
Synonyms:
deracinate; extirpate; root out; uproot
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "root out" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "root out"):
stub (pull up (weeds) by their roots)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Destroy completely, as if down to the roots
Example:
root out corruption
Synonyms:
eradicate; exterminate; extirpate; root out; uproot
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "root out" is one way to...):
destroy; destruct (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
