Root out
Root out verb - To come upon after searching, study, or effort.
Usage example: a journalist seeking to root out and expose corruption in the gaming industry
Seek and root out are semantically related. in search out topic. In some cases you can use "Seek" instead a verb "Root out".
Seek
Seek verb - To go in search of.
Usage example: Henry Hudson was set adrift by mutinous crewmen while seeking the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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The Hunter Becomes the Hunted: There are Witch hunters in the world, who seek to root out and destroy witches wherever they find them, and Luke's grandmother in her younger years was one of the very best.
Source: Literature / The Witches
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