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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