Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb root_out

2 senses of root out

Sense 1
uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out -- (pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden")
       => move, displace -- (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant")

Sense 2
uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate -- (destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption")
       => destroy, destruct -- (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house")