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–verb (used without 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. |
| 5. | to become uprooted. |
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tr.v. up·root·ed, up·root·ing, up·roots
up·root'ed·ness n., up·root'er n. |
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uproot
1593 (implied in uprooted), in the fig. sense, from up + root. The literal sense is first recorded 1695.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| uproot | |
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| 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" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
uproot [apˈruːt] verb
to pull (a plant etc) out of the earth with the roots
Example: I uprooted the weeds and burnt them.
Example: I uprooted the weeds and burnt them.
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