uproot
IPA: ʌprˈut
noun
- The act of uprooting something.
verb
- (transitive)
- To tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up.
- (figuratively) To destroy (something) utterly; to eradicate, exterminate.
- (figuratively) To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.
- (intransitive, reflexive) Of oneself or someone: to move away from a familiar environment (for example, to live elsewhere).
- (transitive) Of a pig or other animal: to dig up (something in the ground) using the snout; to rummage for (something) in the ground; to grub up, to root, to rout.
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Examples of "uproot" in Sentences
- It is not a reason to uproot the article.
- It will uproot and move with the good life.
- Sadly, the sapling was uprooted by vandals.
- He will be uprooted from the seed of Israel.
- It would be heartrending to uproot those people.
- An entire stretch of the flower garden is uprooted.
- The sun will rise and the wind will blow and uproot it.
- Unfortunately, the boys began to uproot the trees for firewood.
- Even graves in the local cemeteries were uprooted and disturbed.
- The Inquisition was established in 1229 to uproot the remaining Cathars.