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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. pull up by or as if by the roots;
- Example: "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
[syn: uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out]

2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots;
- Example: "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
- Example: "root out corruption"
[syn: uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

root out
    v 1: 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]
    2: 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]