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Antonyms for root out

Grammar : Verb
Spell : root, roo t
Phonetic Transcription : rut, rÊŠt

Definition of root out

Origin :
  • "underground part of a plant," late Old English rot, from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse rot "root," figuratively "cause, origin," from Proto-Germanic *wrot (cf. Old English wyrt "root, herb, plant," Old High German wurz, German Wurz "a plant," Gothic waurts "a root," with characteristic Scandinavian loss of -w- before -r-), from PIE *wrad- (see radish (n.), and cf. wort). The usual Old English words for "root" were wyrttruma and wyrtwala.
  • Figurative use is from c.1200. Of teeth, hair, etc., from early 13c. Mathematical sense is from 1550s. Philological sense from 1520s. Slang meaning "penis" is recorded from 1846. In U.S. black use, "a spell effected by magical properties of roots," 1935. To take root is from 1530s. Root beer, made from the extracts of various roots, first recorded 1841, American English; root doctor is from 1821. Root cap is from 1875.
  • As in obliterate : verb destroy
  • As in uproot : verb destroy; rip out of a place
  • As in wipe out : verb destroy; get rid of
  • As in dig : verb delve into; hollow out
  • As in eradicate : verb destroy; remove
  • As in extirpate : verb destroy; uproot
  • As in ferret out : verb search out
  • As in annihilate : verb destroy completely
Example sentences :
  • It is not possible to root out their prejudices, or correct their ill habits.
  • Extract from : « Perils and Captivity » by Charlotte-Adlade [ne Picard] Dard
  • It contained a clause, that the King should root out heretics.
  • Extract from : « The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) » by James Pringle Thomson
  • By no other means can we root out for ever the hopes of our enemies.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 » by Various
  • They want to root out the whole lot of us, why, then, should we have mercy on them?
  • Extract from : « The Day of Wrath » by Maurus Jkai
  • Root out the love of self, as you might the autumn lotus with your hand.
  • Extract from : « Book of Wise Sayings » by W. A. Clouston
  • Now, see how you can root out the earth with that stick and your hands.
  • Extract from : « Motor Boat Boys' River Chase » by Louis Arundel
  • Indeed, I fear that nothing can root out entirely this class in Russia.
  • Extract from : « Tramping with Tramps » by Josiah Flynt
  • We have raised our standard higher, and wish to root out all the weeds.
  • Extract from : « Zones of the Spirit » by August Strindberg
  • Use all your wisdom and diligence to root out the sin of pride.
  • Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Part 2 of 4) » by Richard Baxter
  • It did not root out Shintoism, it simply overwhelmed and absorbed it.
  • Extract from : « The Old World and Its Ways » by William Jennings Bryan

Synonyms for root out

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