root out

• root out

root out

Verb

pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

Synonyms:

• uproot
• extirpate
• deracinate
• root out

Verb

destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"; "root out corruption"

Synonyms:

• uproot
• eradicate
• extirpate
• root out
• exterminate