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
Thousands of residents and buildings are being uprooted in Kiruna, a city that lies 145 kilometers (90 miles) north of the Arctic Circle.
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Sam Meredith, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2025
On the University of Colorado Boulder campus, branches littered the ground along with some large trees that were uprooted.
—Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
Ian, in just one example uprooted and moved whole townhouses and flooded homes and condos, filling them with beach sand along the Gulf Coast.
—Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 15 Dec. 2025
Mulch keeps soil temperatures consistent and can prevent plants from being uprooted.
—Lauren David, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
Television reports showed rescue personnel using jackhammers, circular saws, farm tools and sometimes their bare hands to dig in areas of thick mud, rocks and uprooted trees.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2025
As rooms are emptied and belongings packed, the film sifts through memories, displacement, and the uneasy question of belonging, capturing the uncertainty of a life built, then abruptly uprooted, in a place that was home but never fully theirs.
—Essie Assibu, Variety, 27 Nov. 2025
Elsewhere in the United States, no injuries were reported from Monday thunderstorms that uprooted trees, downed power lines and scattered debris throughout some neighborhoods northwest of Houston.
—Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 25 Nov. 2025
The worker’s old skills remain, but they have been uprooted from the great dirty, noisy, dangerous power of the factory that was once an integral part of the worker’s life.
—Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Sam Meredith, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2025
On the University of Colorado Boulder campus, branches littered the ground along with some large trees that were uprooted.
—Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
Ian, in just one example uprooted and moved whole townhouses and flooded homes and condos, filling them with beach sand along the Gulf Coast.
—Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 15 Dec. 2025
Mulch keeps soil temperatures consistent and can prevent plants from being uprooted.
—Lauren David, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
Television reports showed rescue personnel using jackhammers, circular saws, farm tools and sometimes their bare hands to dig in areas of thick mud, rocks and uprooted trees.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2025
As rooms are emptied and belongings packed, the film sifts through memories, displacement, and the uneasy question of belonging, capturing the uncertainty of a life built, then abruptly uprooted, in a place that was home but never fully theirs.
—Essie Assibu, Variety, 27 Nov. 2025
Elsewhere in the United States, no injuries were reported from Monday thunderstorms that uprooted trees, downed power lines and scattered debris throughout some neighborhoods northwest of Houston.
—Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 25 Nov. 2025
The worker’s old skills remain, but they have been uprooted from the great dirty, noisy, dangerous power of the factory that was once an integral part of the worker’s life.
—Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uprooted
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Chicago pulled within 21-16 on D'Andre Swift's 5-yard run early in the fourth quarter.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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The slightly oversized cut offers comfort for long travel days, while looking pulled-together.—
Gabrielle Porcaro,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Historically, concrete production depended heavily on natural sand and gravel extracted from riverbeds, a practice that led to severe environmental degradation in some regions.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Pumpkin Seeds Pumpkin seeds, or pepitas, are edible seeds extracted from pumpkins.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Officer Alex Millan then yanked open the passenger door of the suspects’ car; at the same time, the car drove forward over the curb.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Furious too that anyone could think the defender had deliberately yanked the striker’s hair.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Firefighters pried part of the home open with an axe to douse the inside with water, the video shows.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
4 Jan. 2026
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The manager of a rental car company who reported the vehicle stolen believed the lockbox containing the keys had been pried open, and said two other vehicles were stolen from the same garage.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
23 Dec. 2025
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An all-star cast plucked from different corners of the pop culture firmament leads Ryan Murphy's All's Fair, a Hulu legal drama about female divorce attorneys who open their own practice.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Nov. 2025
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Such is life in Marthaland, where homemaking tasks are plucked from the realm of everyday drudgery and elevated to a pure pursuit of excellence.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Uprooted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uprooted. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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