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Detailed Synonyms for uproot in English

uproot:

uproot verb

  1. uproot
    – pull up by or as if by the roots 1
    uproot; extirpate; root out; deracinate
    – pull up by or as if by the roots 1
  2. uproot
    – destroy completely, as if down to the roots 1
    to exterminate; to eradicate; uproot; extirpate; root out
    – destroy completely, as if down to the roots 1
    • exterminate verb (exterminates, exterminated, exterminating)
    • eradicate verb (eradicates, eradicated, eradicating)
    • uproot verb
      • the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted1
    • extirpate verb
    • root out verb
      • root out corruption1
  3. uproot
    – move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment 1
    deracinate; uproot
    – move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment 1

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Related Definitions for "uproot":

  1. pull up by or as if by the roots1
    • uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden1
  2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots1
    • the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted1
  3. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment1
    • The war uprooted many people1