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uproot

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up·root  (p-rt, -rt)
tr.v. up·root·ed, up·root·ing, up·roots
1. To pull up (a plant and its roots) from the ground.
2. To destroy or remove completely; eradicate.
3. To force to leave an accustomed or native location.

up·rooted·ness n.
up·rooter n.

uproot [ʌpˈruːt]
vb (tr)
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
uprootedness  n
uprooter  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.uprootuproot - move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"
displace - cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
2.uproot - destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"
destroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"
3.uprootuproot - pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
stub - pull up (weeds) by their roots
move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

uproot
verb
1. displace, remove, exile, disorient, deracinate the trauma of uprooting them from their homes
2. pull up, dig up, root out, weed out, rip up, grub up, extirpate, deracinate, pull out by the roots fallen trees which have been uprooted by the storm
Translations
uproot [ʌpˈruːt] VTdesarraigar, arrancar(de raíz); (= destroy) → eliminar, extirpar
whole families have been uprootedfamilias enteras se han visto desarraigadas

uproot [ʌpˈruːt] vt
[+ plant, tree] → déraciner
[+ family, refugees] → déraciner

uproot
vt plantentwurzeln; (fig: = eradicate) evilausmerzen; uprooted by the wardurch den Krieg entwurzelt; he uprooted his whole family (from their home) and moved to New Yorker riss seine Familie aus ihrer gewohnten Umgebung und zog nach New York

uproot [ʌpˈruːt] vtsradicare
uproot [ʌpˈruːt] vtsradicare

uproot
v uproot [apˈruːt]
to pull (a plant etc) out of the earth with the roots I uprooted the weeds and burnt them. ontwortel, uittrek يَقْتَلِع изкоренявам vytrhnout i s kořeny rykke op med rod ausreißen ξεριζώνω desarraigar, arrancar välja juurima از ریشه درآوردن kiskoa juurineen déraciner לַעֲקוֹר מִן הַשוֹרֶש जड़ से उखाड़ना iskorijeniti gyökerestül kitép uppræta; rífa upp með rótum sradicare, estirpare 根こそぎにする 뿌리째 뽑다 išrauti su šaknimis izraut ar saknēm mencabut met wortel en al uittrekken rykke opp med rota wyrwać z korzeniami desenraizar a dezrădăcina вырывать с корнем vytrhnúť aj s koreňmi izpuliti iskoreniti rycka upp med rötterna ถอนต้นไม้ kökünden sökmek 連根拔起 виривати з коренем, викорінювати جڑ سے اکھاڑنا nhổ bật rễ


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The Wild Sow, whom you see daily digging up the earth, wishes to uproot the oak, so she may on its fall seize our families as food for her young.
He looked up at the two perched high above him, his red-rimmed eyes blazing with insane hatred, and then he wound his trunk about the bole of the tree, spread his giant feet wide apart and tugged to uproot the jungle giant.
The root was black, while the flower was as white as milk; the gods call it Moly, and mortal men cannot uproot it, but the gods can do whatever they like.
 
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