root out

英 [ruːt aʊt] 美 [rʊt aʊt]

• 根除； 杜绝

英英释义

Verb:

1. pull up by or as if by the roots;

   "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
   

2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots;

   "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
   "root out corruption"
   

词汇搭配

• root out 根除

近反义词

【近义词】

• uproot 连根拔起
• extirpate 根除
• exterminate 消灭
• deracinate 根除
• eradicate 根除