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English verb: root out | |||
| 1. | root out (contact) pull up by or as if by the roots | ||
| Samples | Uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden. | ||
| Synonyms | deracinate, extirpate, uproot | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | stub | ||
| 2. | root out (creation) destroy completely, as if down to the roots | ||
| Samples | The vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted. Root out corruption. | ||
| Synonyms | eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, uproot | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | destroy, destruct | ||
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