Uproot
[ʌp'ruːt] or [,ʌp'rut]
Definition
(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' 'root out corruption'.
(verb.) move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; 'The war uprooted many people'.
Inputed by Jenny--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.
Edited by Edith
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Eradicate, extirpate, pull up by the roots, tear up by the roots.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Eradicate, extirpate, weed, deracinate, exterminate, destroy
ANT:Implant, sow, foster, nurture, cultivate
Checker: Phyllis
Definition
v.t. to tear up by the roots.—n. Uproot′al act of uprooting.
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Examples
- Consequently a drift of the uprooted Italian population to the towns, and particularly to Rome, began. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The masses of 1919, on the other hand, had been uprooted everywhere, to go into the armies, to go into munition factories, and so on. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They were uprooted men; they did not fret to go home, because they had no homes to go to. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The nineteenth century wantons in its giant adolescence; the Titan boy uproots mountains in his game, and hurls rocks in his wild sport. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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