root out

Other forms: rooted out; rooting out; roots out

Definitions of root out

1. verb

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

   synonyms: eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, uproot

   type of:

   destroy, destruct

   do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
2. verb

   pull up by or as if by the roots
   synonyms: deracinate, extirpate, uproot

   types:

   stub

   pull up (weeds) by their roots

   type of:

   displace, move

   cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense