'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]
Synonyms of 'uproot'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- abolish,
- annihilate,
- avulse,
- banish,
- blot out,
- buck off,
- cut out,
- demolish,
- depose,
- deracinate,
- destroy,
- devastate,
- dig out,
- dig up,
- disentangle,
- dislodge,
- dismount,
- displace,
- draw,
- draw out,
- dredge,
- dredge up,
- eliminate,
- eradicate,
- evolve,
- evulse,
- excavate,
- excise,
- exile,
- exsect,
- exterminate,
- extirpate,
- extract,
- extricate,
- get out,
- gouge out,
- grub up,
- kill,
- liquidate,
- mine,
- move,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- pick out,
- pluck out,
- pluck up,
- pull,
- pull out,
- pull up,
- purge,
- quarry,
- rake out,
- ravage,
- remove,
- replace,
- rip out,
- root out,
- root up,
- ruin,
- shift,
- subvert,
- supersede,
- supplant,
- sweep away,
- take out,
- tear out,
- throw off,
- transfer,
- transplant,
- unearth,
- unhorse,
- unplace,
- unravel,
- unsaddle,
- unseat,
- weed out,
- wipe out,
- withdraw,
- wrest out