Synonyms of uprooted

uprooted

verb

past tense of uproot

as in pulled

to draw out by force or with effort

uprooted the old bridge's pilings upon the completion of its replacement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pulled
• extracted
• yanked
• pried
• plucked
• removed
• tore (out)
• prized
• rooted (out)
• corkscrewed
• wrested
• wrung
• took (out)
• mined
• withdrew

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• installed
• inserted
• implanted
• instilled
• stuffed
• jammed
• crammed
• wedged
• rammed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of uprooted

Clemency after the 1948 war During the Arab-Israeli war between 1947 and 1949, some 750,000 Palestinians were uprooted from their homes. — Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026

Earlier this week, Yemen's military said its forces had uprooted Houthi fighters from the areas around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a Red Sea shipping chokepoint, and the port city of Mocha. — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

In 2019, when the husband’s work uprooted the family to Seattle, the pair kept the Eichler and rented it out, never quite thinking of the move as permanent. — Kristen Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026

Among those who had been displaced, 70 percent had been uprooted three or more times. — Michael Robbins, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026

Security turned out to be the exception and the narrative as a whole has mostly been uprooted. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026

Many people in northern Ethiopia, including the neighboring regions of Amhara and Afar, were uprooted from their homes and tens of thousands of were believed to have been killed. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Nantz said the town’s contractors have started stump removal for the scores of trees that were uprooted. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Their mothers taught them how to cook Palestinian food after geopolitical turmoil uprooted their families to the United States. — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2026