Uproot

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To pull up (a plant and its roots) from the ground.
  • v. To destroy or remove completely; eradicate.
  • v. To force to leave an accustomed or native location.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate.
  • v. To remove utterly; to eradicate.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To root up; tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; remove utterly; eradicate; extirpate.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. pull up by or as if by the roots
  • v. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
  • v. destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  • Verb Form
    uprooted    uprooting    uproots   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    displace    destroy    destruct   
    Cross Reference
    extirpate   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    eradicate    extirpate    destroy   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Beirut    Bute    Butte    Jute    Root    Shute    absolut    acute    astute    boot   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts