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Root out

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To remove or abolish completely. transitive

    "They rooted out all vestiges of corruption."

  2. 2
    pull up by or as if by the roots wordnet
  3. 3
    To search for and discover. transitive

    "Near-synonym: suss out"

  4. 4
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots wordnet

Etymology

From the notion of eradication: ripping something out by the roots.

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