English to English
uproot
(/@/p'r/u/t
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verb (v)
- move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment(verb.social)Example:
The war uprooted many people.
source: wordnet30 - destroy completely, as if down to the roots(verb.creation)Example:
The vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted.
source: wordnet30 - pull up by or as if by the roots(verb.contact)Example:
Uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden.
source: wordnet30 - To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.(verb)source: webster1913