ROOT OUT

• (verb) pull up by or as if by the roots

  "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

  synonyms : deracinate , extirpate , uproot

• (verb) destroy completely, as if down to the roots

  "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted", "root out corruption"

  synonyms : eradicate , exterminate , extirpate , uproot

  the triumph of modern medicine in extirpating certain diseases -added by nithi

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