uproot
Use Uproot in a sentence
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.
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uproot (ʌpˈruːt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to pull up by or as if by the roots |
| 2. | to displace (a person or persons) from native or habitual surroundings |
| 3. | to remove or destroy utterly |
| up'rootedness | |
| —n | |
| up'rooter | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Winds can uproot trees and overturn single-wide mobile homes.
Such being the case, it would seem at first sight extraordinary that it should be so difficult to uproot the system.
Healthy trees will uproot, especially where ground is saturated.
But it still escapes many politicians, who blindly uproot flowers, ignorant of the celestial commotion that may ensue.
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