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Root_out vs Annihilate - What's the difference?

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Root_out is a related term of annihilate.


As verbs the difference between root_out and annihilate

is that root_out is to remove or abolish completely while annihilate is to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.

root_out

English

Verb

  • To remove or abolish completely.
  • They rooted out all vestiges of corruption.
  • To search for and discover.
  • It took them hours to root out exactly where the water was coming in.
    English phrasal verbs

    annihilate

    English

    Verb

    (annihilat)
  • To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
  • An atom bomb can annihilate a whole city.
  • (label) To react with antimatter, producing gamma radiation.
  • (archaic) To treat as worthless, to vilify.
  • *, II.17:
  • of all the opinions which Antiquity hath had of men in gross, those which I most willingly embrace, and whereon I take most hold, are such as most vilifie, condemne, and annihilate us.

    Synonyms

    * (to reduce to nothing) benothing, destroy, eradicate, extinguish * See also

    Antonyms

    * (to reduce to nothing) create, generate