Cut and Root out

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Cut

Cut verb - To penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife).
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Root out and cut are semantically related In some cases you can use "Root out" instead a verb "Cut".
Nearby Words: cutting, cutter, cutout

Root out

Root out verb - To destroy all traces of.
Usage example: a concerted effort to root out prejudice of any kind in the armed services
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Cut and root out are semantically related in destroy topic. Sometimes you can use "Cut" instead a verb "Root out".

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  • Lampshaded in The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge: Inskipp says they "must get a man to Cliaand to root out the problem at the core of the woodpile and cut the Gordian knot." Slippery Jim replies, "Other than being contained in a mixed and disgusting metaphor I think the idea is a suicidal one."
    Source: Mixed Metaphor
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Root out and Cut. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/root_out
Cut & Root out. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/root_out>.
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