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Synonyms for root out

  • verb

Most common

root up eradicate exterminate extirpate fish out root discover extract

All synonyms

Verb

1. Eradicate — to remove or abolish completely

eradicate, extirpate, root up, exterminate, uproot, destroy, pluck up, deracinate rare

Other

fish out, root, discover, extract, worm out, unravel, ferret out, suss out informal

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To remove or abolish completely.

    They rooted out all vestiges of corruption.

Related words

Phrases
root and branch

Choose the right word

Root Out, E, Radix, Uprooted, Eradicated or Eradicate?

e, out, and radix, root) is primarily applied to numbers or groups of plants which it is desired to remove effectually from the soil; a single tree may be uprooted, but is not said to be eradicated; we labor to eradicate or root out noxious weeds.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • eradicate We must eradicate the drug traffic, root and branch.
  • exterminate The insecticide promised to exterminate cockroaches.
  • extirpate This thing is necessary to extirpate the evil of the world.
  • root Quichua is like the root of the indigenous people.

By length

4 letters
root1
6 letters
uproot2
7 letters
destroy2, extract2, unravel3
8 letters
discover3
9 letters
eradicate4, extirpate3
10 letters
deracinate
11 letters
exterminate4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (uproot2 = 2 syllables).