root out

Verb
  1. Pull up by or as if by the roots (synset 201569697)
    "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
    is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
    subtypes: stub - pull up (weeds) by their roots
    same as: deracinate, extirpate, uproot
  2. Destroy completely, as if down to the roots (synset 201666012)
    "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"; "root out corruption"
    is a type of: destroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
    same as: eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, uproot

Other Searches