Verb: root out root awt
- Pull up by or as if by the roots
"The gardener rooted out all the weeds";
- uproot, extirpate [formal], deracinate [formal]
- Remove, destroy or wipe out completely
"root out corruption";
- uproot, eradicate, extirpate [formal], eliminate
- Find, discover or bring to light after significant investigation or search
"The CIA rooted out a plot to kill the President";
- unearth, dig up, dig out
Derived forms: rooting out, rooted out, roots out
Type of: destroy, destruct, displace, locate, move, spifflicate [Brit, informal], spiflicate [Brit, informal], turn up, uncreate [literary]