root (out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for root (out)
Verb
  • To protect its biodiversity, New Zealand has embarked on an experiment that aims to eradicate all invasive species by the year 2050.
    NPR, NPR, 26 Oct. 2025
  • While centuries of English governance strived to eradicate the language, many in Wales fought to preserve it.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The pair took their Clueless looks to the next level by posing in front of a white Jeep just like the one driven by Cher in the movie — with Kim pouting at the wheel as North pulled a shocked face.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Within seconds, several officers pull her toward the entrance of the facility as others move to hold back the crowd.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Plus, his thoughts on whether or not Nicolle really went on the show to find love after her comments on the Women Tell All.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
  • In the wake of Satterfield's death, her family found themselves in a legal saga with Alex who had hatched a moneymaking scheme.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Such grotesque accounts are part of alternate histories that hegemonic discourse attempted to erase.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Nations weave myths out of victories and erase defeats with the promise of future triumphs.
    Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • My history and the lessons learned My record of immediately reversing transfers is historically bad, with this season no exception!
    Holly Shand, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • One cornerstone is Bayesian optimization, an active-learning strategy that greedily picks the next best experiment.
    Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Authorities then discovered De Silva suffering from a gunshot wound to the head.
    Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Bishop discovered that former Rangers defender Connor Goldson, now playing in Cyprus, had a similar problem earlier in his career.
    Tom Burrows, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the 1980s, the Construction Differential Subsidy was abolished, hollowing out the commercial base.
    Big Think, Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Rogers noted that the book argues that a central cause of the war was Anglo settlers’ determination to keep slaves in bondage after Mexico largely abolished it.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The formula blends niacinamide, essential ceramides, hyaluronic acid, and Centella asiatica extract into a base of luxe shea butter to restore and strengthen the lips’ delicate skin.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Here’s How to Tell To extract that DNA, the researchers had to get samples from the paleofeces from the cave.
    Veronique Greenwood, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Root (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/root%20%28out%29. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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