uprooting

[uhp-root, -root]

Origin

verb (used with object)

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

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

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

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)

to become uprooted.

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Uprooting is always a great word to know.

So is slumgullion. Does it mean:

the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

Origin:
1610–20; up- + root²

Related forms

up·root·ed·ness, noun

up·root·er, noun

Synonyms
3. extirpate, banish, eliminate, remove.

Etymonline

Word Origin & History

uproot

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

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