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up·root

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–verb (used with object)

1.	to pull out by or as if by the roots: The hurricane uprooted many trees and telephone poles.

2.	to remove violently or tear away from a native place or environment: The industrial revolution uprooted large segments of the rural population.

3.	to destroy or eradicate as if by pulling out roots: The conquerors uprooted many of the native traditions.

4.	to displace, as from a home or country; tear away, as from customs or a way of life: to uproot a people.

–verb (used without object)

5.	to become uprooted.

[Origin: 1610–20; up- + root²

]

—Related forms

up·root·ed·ness, noun

up·root·er, noun

—Synonyms 3. extirpate, banish, eliminate, remove.

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up·root Audio Help (ŭp-rōōt', -rŏŏt') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. up·root·ed, up·root·ing, up·roots

up·root'ed·ness n., up·root'er n.

1593 (implied in uprooted), in the fig. sense, from up + root. The literal sense is first recorded 1695.

uproot
verb
1.	move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"
2.	destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"
3.	pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

to pull (a plant etc) out of the earth with the roots
Example: I uprooted the weeds and burnt them.