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uproot

/@/p'r/u/t/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

  1. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment

    verb.social

    Examples
    The war uprooted many people.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots

    verb.creation

    Examples
    The vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. pull up by or as if by the roots

    verb.contact

    Examples
    Uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

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