ROOTING (OUT) Synonyms: 152 Similar and Opposite Words

rooting (out)

verb

present participle of root (out)

as in eradicating

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 pulling

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

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as in finding

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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Community meetings focus on eradicating the homeless and protecting property values rather than supporting neighbors or providing shelter.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2026
Back then, researchers were focused on eradicating the New World screwworm, a nasty pest that lays its eggs in wounds on living creatures.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of eradicating

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The Senate Leadership Fund’s pulling money from North Carolina is the latest signal the Republican Party is giving up hope of holding that Senate seat.

— Natalie Allison, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
Timing & Outlook XLU has given back all its Q1 outperformance, pulling back sharply as rising interest rates weighed heavily on rate-sensitive sectors.

— Michael Khouw, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

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Two days later, investigators searched his hotel room and reported finding nearly 700 grams of cocaine, more than 70 grams of fentanyl, drug packaging materials and $13,867, according to authorities.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
In January, its investigators reported finding more than 100 hallucinated citations in papers accepted at NeurIPS, one of the world’s top AI research conferences, as Fortune first reported.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of finding

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Some Italian Americans assert that Columbus Day is at its core a celebration of our heritage, and that changing the name would be akin to erasing our history.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026
Treating those experiences as interchangeable risks erasing the sacrifice behind one of them.

— Angelette C. Aviles, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of erasing

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Davidson was thrust into a reality-TV world of prying paparazzi and untold media scrutiny.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
Accessing the internals requires prying off the PC’s rubber feet, which are glued over the screws that hold the detachable bottom of the case in place.

— Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PC Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026

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Carmella is also still mad at Vicki for saying that Danny is raising her kids, and Heather is angry after learning that Vicki called her fake in Palm Springs.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Nicholas Razo, Santa Fe Springs’ assistant city manager, told The Times that the city had previously raised concerns with the league about subletting and took action after learning the practice was continuing.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of learning

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Some advocate abolishing the agency, while others offer visions for how to rein it in and reform it.

— Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Now, Xi remains in office after purging political rivals, abolishing presidential term limits and consolidating power.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of abolishing

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Refiners turn oil discarded by restaurants and other waste fats into transportation fuel, extracting additional value from crops already grown and oils that have already served their original purpose.

— Edward D. Melillo, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
Two oil companies, Britain’s Rockhopper Exploration and Israel’s Navitas Petroleum, are due to begin a joint project extracting from the oilfield within two years.

— Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 30 Sep. 2026

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