ROOT (OUT) Synonyms: 149 Similar and Opposite Words

root (out)

verb

Definition of root (out)

as in to eradicate

to destroy all traces of a concerted effort to root out prejudice of any kind in the armed services

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as in to pull

to draw out by force or with effort a dog rooting out a buried toy

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as in to find

to come upon after searching, study, or effort a journalist seeking to root out and expose corruption in the gaming industry

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The team examined both the vessel's operational technology and information-technology systems and worked with the crew and the ship's corporate operators to eradicate the threat.

— Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Yellow starthistle is difficult to eradicate by mowing or burning because of its long roots and fire-resistant seeds, TreePeople said.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of eradicate

Verb

Jackson’s availability was curbed by red cards at Chelsea — in Bruges, a barge and shirt pull with defender Han-Beom Lee suggested those flickers of fury and confrontation still burn.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
When his brother pleads for help, Tariq is pulled back into the London criminal underworld and the dangerous orbit of their crime boss mother.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of pull

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At least 211 people were rescued from an Indonesian ferry that caught fire last month in rough seas near the Indonesian tourist island of Bali, while one person was found dead and four others remained missing.

— IMAN SATRIA, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
Later’s 2026 research on Gen-Z creator ROI found that trust and authentic creator relationships matter more to conversions than simply maximizing reach, while over-scripting creators can undermine that trust.

— Sergi Cerrato, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of find

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These actions further erase and invalidate the contributions of women, Black service members and other service members of color.

— Jeremiah Favara, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
Turn To Natural Repellants Natural repellants can erase the pheromone scent trails left behind, which can attract more beetles.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of erase

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Institute of Process Engineering (CAS), alongside Ganfeng Lithium, has launched the world’s first 500-tonne annual capacity production line in Jiangxi province to extract rubidium and cesium from lithium mining waste.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
True economic success in 2026 isn’t about extracting the last dollar from a negative-margin middle class.

— Katica Roy, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of extract

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What Coulter wants is the inverse, with the child taking the book unaccompanied and the parent free to learn of it later, or not.

— Robert Steinbuch, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
Head to the interactive Tower Museum to learn more about how the castle defended itself against attacks, and stroll through the sprawling fairytale gardens for some quiet reflection.

— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of learn

Verb

In 2017, Alabama abolished judicial override and stopped allowing judges to change juries' sentencing decision in capital cases.

— CBS News, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
The endorsement comes as Republican Steve Hilton expressed desires to abolish the Department of Motor Vehicles and cut the state workforce by 10%.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of abolish

Verb

Sandra Ogbebor hunches over her softly humming refrigerator and scours through bottles before finally yanking out an orange juice.

— Light Oriye Tamunotonye, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2026
In one clip, a pair of people sit in a small box attached to a wire as they're yanked onto a platform across a river in Nuwakot, Nepal.

— Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of yank

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