root out Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- clean-up-
- exterminate
- sweep-away-
- extirpate
- blot-out
- obliterate
- liquidate
- annihilate
- expunge
- snuff-out-
- shatter
- cancel
- rub-out
- demolish
- black-out
- efface
Weak:
Strongest:
- save
- build
- shape
- shape
- build
- form
- conserve
- preserve
- protect
- form
- create
- create
- conserve
- preserve
- protect
- save
Strong:
- patch
- restore
- forge
- repair
- restore
- forge
- fabricate
- construct
- renew
- frame
- fabricate
- make
- manufacture
- frame
- rebuild
- rebuild
- patch
- manufacture
- renew
- make
- repair
- construct
Weak:
root out Meaning
root out (v)
pull up by or as if by the roots
destroy completely, as if down to the roots
root out Sentence Examples
- The detectives were determined to root out the source of the corruption.
- The doctor recommended antibiotics to root out the infection.
- The gardener dug deep to root out the stubborn weeds.
- The therapist helped her client root out their negative thought patterns.
- The police raided the warehouse to root out the illegal drugs.
- The government's efforts to root out poverty have had mixed success.
- The company's financial audit aims to root out any potential fraud.
- The detective's tenacity helped her root out the truth behind the mystery.
- The farmer used pesticides to root out the pests threatening his crops.
- The historian delved into ancient texts to root out lost knowledge.
FAQs About the word root out
pull up by or as if by the roots, destroy completely, as if down to the roots
abolish,eradicate, stamp (out), erase, wipe out, destroy, clean (up), exterminate,sweep (away), extirpate
save, build, shape, shape, build, form, conserve, preserve, protect, form
The detectives were determined to root out the source of the corruption.
The doctor recommended antibiotics to root out the infection.
The gardener dug deep to root out the stubborn weeds.
The therapist helped her client root out their negative thought patterns.
