uproot

[Up*root·]

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

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

Verb
pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

Verb
destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"

Verb
move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"


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


Uproot

Up*root" , v. t. 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.
At his command the uprooted hills retired.

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

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Usage Examples

I do not come bearing a party label on my sleeve - or a quick fix in my back pocket. I do not come with a rigid ideology in my heart - or a soul that tells me to go it alone. I do not come to uproot tradition - or to be imprisoned by it.

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Other Usage Examples

I understand what it's like to come with your family, and to uproot yourself and come to another culture. You need a lot of support. People say, 'She's got her daughter she's got her husband.' Yeah, but she hasn't got anyone else.

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