rooting (out)

verb

present participle of root (out)
1
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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2
as in pulling
to draw out by force or with effort a dog rooting out a buried toy

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3
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rooting (out)
  1. eradicating
  2. pulling
  3. finding
  4. erasing
  5. prying
  6. learning
  7. abolishing
  8. extracting
Verb
  • But somehow, in the midst of all this frat-boy revelry, Ilya is able to outline his vision for the future, one in which AI will have solved numerous human problems, including eradicating not only cancer but also loneliness and unhappiness.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
  • This park is the result of the Tompkins’ passion for this part of the world and their desire to rewild this part of Chile that had been overfarmed and overgrazed to the point of almost eradicating its native flora and fauna.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of eradicating
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  • Safe haven demand temporarily outweighed inflation fears, prompting capital to exit risk assets and flow into the Treasury market, thereby pulling yields lower.
    — , CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Through July, O’Hare held a cash advantage of $707,000 to Simmons’s $67,000, with his campaign pulling $135,000 from oil and gas companies alone.
    — Rachel Royster. Produced with AI assistance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of pulling
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  • There was very little original local production, and people were finding their favourite TV shows through obscure corners of the web.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
  • This pliability has made the app particularly popular for casual, real-time occasions—such as finding the ideal hostess gift for a weekend visit or selecting a thoughtful token for a friend—without resorting to generic fallback options.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of finding
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  • Wallace was flagged for pass interference against Denver, erasing an interception.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The Kospi, heavily weighted in chipmaker titans Samsung and SK Hynix, closed at a six-month low, erasing all of its gains since April.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of erasing
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  • Or two birds face-to-face in close proximity, covering themselves with their wings as if to share a secret kiss away from prying eyes, could evoke a giggle.
    — Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Davidson was thrust into a reality-TV world of prying paparazzi and untold media scrutiny.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of prying
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  • Rilke writes about solitude, love, patience and learning to live with uncertainty.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The program provides training in barista skills, espresso brewing, earning a food handler’s license, learning point-of-sale systems, customer service skills, food prep and other more general workplace skills.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of learning
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  • Yet abolishing Greek life altogether is far from an easy proposition.
    — Brittany Shammas, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The administration initially talked about abolishing the agency, arguing that states and communities could deal with disasters on their own.
    — Dana R. Fisher, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
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  • The Falcon-Emirati model and related tools for speech recognition and extracting Arabic text from images and documents are relatively compact.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Over the past quarter century, foreign direct investment across sub-Saharan Africa has remained relatively flat—around two to three percent as a share of GDP—and most of it has gone to extracting oil, diamonds, and gold and other minerals.
    — Jared Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of extracting
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“Rooting (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rooting%20%28out%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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