as in pulled
to draw out by force or with effort
uprooted the old bridge's pilings upon the completion of its replacement
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Recent Examples of uprooted
Investigators said a 2023 Toyota four-door pickup was traveling westbound on Pea Ridge Road when a large oak tree uprooted and fell across the roadway, landing directly on the cab of the truck.
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Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
The horrific legacy of slavery, which produced inequities and exclusion, will not be uprooted with resolutions and holidays.
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Marcus Anthony Hunter,
Time,
19 June 2026
It was originally named the Frederick Douglass Colored School and was located in a downtown Black neighborhood called Quakertown, which was uprooted by a bond election for a park.
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Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
Inside Ecole National Republique de Colombie in the Turgeau neighborhood where 1,246 individuals live in squalor, residents uprooted by gangs described lives defined by deepening hunger and increasingly inhumane conditions.
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
17 June 2026
The tornado in Jefferson County left behind snapped tree limbs and uprooted trees, NWS said.
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Finch Walker,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
The extension of the ceasefire also covers the current war between Israel and Hezbollah, which has uprooted more than a million people from their homes.
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Daniel Depetris,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
Trees in Orlando were uprooted, signs blew down, a frame building collapsed after an oak fell on top of it, and power was out for days.
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Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
In 2015, the founders laid off the entire team, took a $150,000 emergency loan from Zhao’s mother, and uprooted to lower-cost Japan.
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Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
The horrific legacy of slavery, which produced inequities and exclusion, will not be uprooted with resolutions and holidays.
—
Marcus Anthony Hunter,
Time,
19 June 2026
It was originally named the Frederick Douglass Colored School and was located in a downtown Black neighborhood called Quakertown, which was uprooted by a bond election for a park.
—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
Inside Ecole National Republique de Colombie in the Turgeau neighborhood where 1,246 individuals live in squalor, residents uprooted by gangs described lives defined by deepening hunger and increasingly inhumane conditions.
—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
17 June 2026
The tornado in Jefferson County left behind snapped tree limbs and uprooted trees, NWS said.
—
Finch Walker,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
The extension of the ceasefire also covers the current war between Israel and Hezbollah, which has uprooted more than a million people from their homes.
—
Daniel Depetris,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
Trees in Orlando were uprooted, signs blew down, a frame building collapsed after an oak fell on top of it, and power was out for days.
—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
In 2015, the founders laid off the entire team, took a $150,000 emergency loan from Zhao’s mother, and uprooted to lower-cost Japan.
—
Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uprooted
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After the network successfully pulled together a motley crew of Real Housewives offspring and their Manhattan socialite friends last year, the gang is back for a second season in the city.
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Arraez pulled a 1-1 curveball from the Athletics’ Aaron Civale off the top of his right foot and collapsed to the ground in pain.
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The irradiated samples were successfully extracted after being tested inside Idaho National Laboratory’s (INL) Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) on May 6, 2026.
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Although longtime group engineer and audio legend George Massenburg is interviewed, more mileage might have been extracted from his involvement.
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Within days of its release, Anthropic’s most sophisticated public AI model was abruptly yanked from customers.
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With two outs and a runner on, Sasaki yanked a splitter to the inside edge of the strike zone to Gunnar Henderson, who lifted it over the wall in right field.
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Lonnie has plenty stacked against him, not least of all his own son, who is inching closer to surpassing his status in the golf world — people are even starting to call him the Hawk, a torch that had to have been pried out of his father’s hand.
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Last year, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that thieves had pried off a bronze plaque dedicating the building to the history of philadelphia from its main entrance.
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Its members were plucked from 120,000 international applicants to be rigorously trained, molded, and manufactured into international superstars through K-pop methodology.
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Editor Picks One way to weed through the pages and pages of deals is going straight to the Vogue editor picks section, to see what the team has hand-plucked across all categories.
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“Uprooted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uprooted. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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