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uprooted
[
uhp-
root
,
-
r
oo
t
]
Origin
up·root
/
ʌpˈrut
,
-ˈrʊt
/
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[
uhp-
root
,
-
r
oo
t
]
Show IPA
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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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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Origin:
1610–20;
up-
+
root
2
Related forms
up·root·ed·ness,
noun
up·root·er,
noun
Synonyms
3.
extirpate, banish, eliminate, remove.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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Word Origin & History
uproot
1593 (implied in uprooted), in the fig. sense, from
up
+
root
. The literal sense is first recorded 1695.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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