Definition of uproot
transitive verb
1 : to remove as if by pulling up
2 : to pull up by the roots
3 : to displace from a country or traditional habitat
uprootedness
nounuprooter
nounFrom the M-W Editors
Examples of uproot in a Sentence
Many trees were uprooted by the storm.
Will we ever be able to uproot racial prejudice?
Taking the job would mean uprooting my family.
Recent Examples of uproot from the Web
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Pujols then hit free agency for the first time in his career, and Angels owner Arte Moreno shocked the sport by offering one of the biggest contracts in baseball history to entice the slugger to uproot his family from St. Louis.
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According to Sobyanin, the storm uprooted around 3,500 trees,.
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His family had been uprooted nine times since the start of Syria’s conflict before arriving at the camp.
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This Australian hit about George Turner (Erik Thomson), a Sydney widower and columnist who uproots his teenage children to New Zealand — the better to surf — unveils the second half of Season 2.
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Chinese projects have uprooted villagers and hurt the environment, factors that led Myanmar in 2011 to suspend a $3.6 billion dam primarily funded by Chinese energy interests.
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FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME PRINT COMMENTS Paulina Garcia plays a stifled woman forced to uproot, who stumbles into a newfound freedom with help from Claudio Rissi's courtly stranger in this arresting Argentinean debut feature.
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Large hail broke the windshield of a police car in Posen, and a tree 16 inches in diameter was uprooted at Fox Lake Hills.
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Families uprooted, businesses submerged, lives irrevocably changed.
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First Known Use of uproot
circa 1620
Synonym Discussion of uproot
UPROOT Defined for English Language Learners
uproot
playDefinition of uproot for English Language Learners
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: to pull (a plant and its root) completely out of the ground
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: to remove (something) completely
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: to make (someone) leave home and move to a different place
UPROOT Defined for Kids
uproot
playDefinition of uproot for Students
uprooted
;uprooting
1 : to take out by or as if by pulling up by the roots Many trees were uprooted by the storm.
2 : to take, send, or force away from a country or a traditional home Taking the job would mean moving and uprooting the family.
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