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.
—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
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
Verb
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In a lot of cases, Earth’s gravity probably captured these objects and pulled them in, adding them to its growing bulk.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Space.com,
17 June 2026
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The Telegraph reports that the artist pulled a Russian flag from his pants and threw it in a trash can.—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
17 June 2026
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Data was extracted from Action, the case management system used by prosecutors’ offices across the state, and shared by the Colorado District Attorneys’ Council.—
Rebecca Dunlea,
The Conversation,
17 June 2026
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The material was extracted from coal gangue, which is the ultra-hard, toxic rock waste left behind after mining and washing coal.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
Verb
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Still, the crisis was remarkable in that, despite the 1-billion-plus barrels yanked from the market since February, US and European benchmark crude prices didn’t top the spike following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
16 June 2026
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The announced attendance was a capacity 80,663, which is a little under 2,000 less than full capacity for the Giants and Jets as seats had to be yanked out down low to fit the regulation soccer field into MetLife Stadium.—
Andy Clayton,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2026
Verb
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When peacemakers finally pried apart Slaughter and Dropo, Slaughter had his jersey ripped, but Dropo had taken the more telling punches.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2026
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On May 5, three people dressed in waterproof hip waders and other protective gear pried open a maintenance hole cover and descended into the sewer on a street in Queens.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 June 2026
Verb
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Miami plucked a top prospect out of North Miami Beach on Sunday evening.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
14 June 2026
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The charming restaurant serves hyper-local cuisine, with many ingredients plucked straight from the gardens.—
Lindsay Cohn,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
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“Uprooted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uprooted. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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