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Definition of "root out" [root out]

  • To remove or abolish completely. (verb)
  • To search for and discover. (verb)

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Use "root out" in a sentence
  • "“Billiwog should be able to root out the food,” the captain agreed."
  • "Disbelieving everything, he always managed to root out truth."
  • "Rechab was the father of Jonadab who in IV Kings, x, 15-28, appears as a fervent supporter of Jehu's attack on the House of Achab in his endeavour to root out the idolatrous worship which that dynasty had encouraged."
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