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1 root out
1) (to pull up or tear out by the roots: The gardener began to root out the weeds.) arrancar2) (to get rid of completely: We must do our best to root out poverty.) acabar com -
2 root out
1) (to pull up or tear out by the roots: The gardener began to root out the weeds.) arrancar2) (to get rid of completely: We must do our best to root out poverty.) extirpar -
3 extract
1. [ik'strækt] verb1) (to pull out, or draw out, especially by force or with effort: I have to have a tooth extracted; Did you manage to extract the information from her?) extrair2) (to select (passages from a book etc).) extrair/seleccionar3) (to take out (a substance forming part of something else) by crushing or by chemical means: Vanilla essence is extracted from vanilla beans.) extrair2. ['ekstrækt] noun1) (a passage selected from a book etc: a short extract from his novel.) extracto2) (a substance obtained by an extracting process: beef/yeast extract; extract of malt.) extracto•* * *ex.tract['ekstrækt] n extrato: 1 resumo, sumário. 2 essência, extração. • [ikstr'ækt] vt 1 extrair, arrancar, tirar. 2 Chem precipitar, lavar, desfilar. 3 transcrever. 4 deduzir. 5 calcular. to extract the root of a number / Math extrair a raiz de um número. 6 publicar um extrato (trecho de algo escrito). -
4 uproot
(to pull (a plant etc) out of the earth with the roots: I uprooted the weeds and burnt them.) desenraizar* * *up.root[∧pr'u:t] vt desarraigar: 1 arrancar, erradicar ( from de). 2 exterminar, extirpar. 3 expulsar.
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