uproot
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transitive verb \(ˌ)əp-ˈrüt, -ˈru̇t\Definition of UPROOT
1
: to remove as if by pulling up
2
: to pull up by the roots
3
: to displace from a country or traditional habitat
— up·root·ed·ness noun
— up·root·er noun
Examples of UPROOT
- Many trees were uprooted by the storm.
- Will we ever be able to uproot racial prejudice?
- Taking the job would mean uprooting my family.
First Known Use of UPROOT
circa 1620
Related to UPROOT
- Synonyms
- corkscrew, prize, pry, pull, root (out), tear (out), extract, wrest, wring, yank
See Synonym Discussion at exterminate
Rhymes with UPROOT
afoot, barefoot, bigfoot, birthroot, Blackfoot, board foot, claw-foot, clubfoot, cocksfoot, coltsfoot, crow's-foot, cube root, enroot, forefoot, hard put, hotfoot, input, kaput, on foot, outfoot, output, prop root, Rajput, redroot, shot put, snakeroot, splayfoot, square root, squawroot, taproot, throughput, trench foot, webfoot
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