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rooted (out)

verb

past tense of root (out)
1
as in eradicated
to destroy all traces of a concerted effort to root out prejudice of any kind in the armed services

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2
as in pulled
to draw out by force or with effort a dog rooting out a buried toy

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3
as in found
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rooted (out)
  1. eradicated
  2. pulled
  3. found
  4. erased
  5. pried
  6. learned
  7. abolished
  8. extracted
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  • The team has eradicated every invasive casuarina pine, the Australian import whose needles poison the native plants beneath it, along with invasive sea grapes that chew up the dunes.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Screwworm had been considered eradicated from the US, Mexico and most of Central America decades ago.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of eradicated
Verb
  • Berkeley police said the long object Shrine pulled from his pocket while following Winograd into her apartment building was believed to be a barbecue lighter.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Saints follows Lali, a drifter and a thief, who is pulled back to Barcelona to face and care for her estranged mother Gloria.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of pulled
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  • Hayley Williams is speaking out days after her ex-husband, Chad Gilbert, the founding guitarist of pop-punk band New Found Glory, died at 45 following a battle with cancer.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Dentsu was founded in 1901 in Tokyo and now has a footprint spanning 120 countries and territories.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of found
Verb
  • Sneed recovered what would have been a game-clinching fumble, but replay review erased the call.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The pullback has erased all of the stock's strong summer performance, a stretch that included encouraging third-quarter results.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of erased
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  • Someone pried open the rear cover to a truck and stole a set of golf clubs for a loss of about $3,000.
    — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • But maybe pried his focus and joy and freedom away just a little bit going into the year.
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of pried
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  • When Maduko was finally suspended in April, many regents learned the news on my website, Daily Ructions, rather than from their board leaders.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The menu remained rooted in the dishes Saucedo’s mother cooked for them at home; flavors that, Saucedo said, cannot be learned, only passed down through generations in northern Mexico.
    — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of learned
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  • Continue reading … CAT FIGHT — Kitten rescue defends ‘NO F---ING MAGA’ adoption policy as PETA calls for it to be abolished.
    — , FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED) said 165 permanent positions were abolished outright, with more than 1,000 workers anticipated to be furloughed by mid-November.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of abolished
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  • Three of the four are co-ferments, which means the beans are put in anaerobic tanks, where oxygen is extracted and fruit is added.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Trump has extracted multi-million settlements from ABC and CBS after suing them over their reporting.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
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