Thesaurus: uproot

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1. v. t. To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.
2. v. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
3. v. destroy completely, as if down to the roots
4. v. pull up by or as if by the roots
5. 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.
6. To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; toremove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.Trees uprooted left their place. Dryden.At his command the uprooted hills retired. Milton.
7. v:100 v. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment v. destroy completely, as if down to the roots v. pull up by or as if by the roots