ph.

1. 铲除;清除
If you root out a person, you find them and force them from the place they are in, usually in order to punish them.

2. 根除;杜绝;彻底解决
If you root out a problem or an unpleasant situation, you find out who or what is the cause of it and put an end to it.

1. pull up by or as if by the roots

e.g. uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden

Synonym: uprootextirpatederacinate

2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots

e.g. the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprootedroot out corruption

Synonym: uprooteradicateextirpateexterminate