uproot Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
deracinate.
- The war uprooted many people
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verb destroy completely, as if down to the roots
exterminate; root out; extirpate; eradicate.
- the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption
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verb pull up by or as if by the roots
extirpate; deracinate; root out.
- uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden
WordNet
Up*root" transitive verb
Definitions
To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate. Trees uprooted left their place. Dryden.
At his command the uprooted hills retired. Milton.
