'Uproot' definitions:

Definition of 'uproot'

(from WordNet)
verb
Move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people" [syn: uproot, deracinate]
verb
Destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption" [syn: uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate]
verb
Pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" [syn: uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out]

Definition of 'Uproot'

From: GCIDE
  • Uproot \Up*root"\, v. t. To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate. [1913 Webster]
  • Trees uprooted left their place. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • At his command the uprooted hills retired. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

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