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verb (used with object)
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to pull out by or as if by the roots: The hurricane uprooted many trees and telephone poles.
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to remove violently or tear away from a native place or environment: The industrial revolution uprooted large segments of the rural population.
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to destroy or eradicate as if by pulling out roots: The conquerors uprooted many of the native traditions.
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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.
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