Definitions for uproot

Definitions for (verb) uproot

Main entry: root out, uproot, deracinate, extirpate

Definition: pull up by or as if by the roots

Usage: uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden


Main entry: root out, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, uproot

Definition: destroy completely, as if down to the roots

Usage: the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted root out corruption


Main entry: deracinate, uproot

Definition: move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment

Usage: The war uprooted many people


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