uprooting

verb

present participle of uproot
as in pulling
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 uprooting Families and physicians warn that uprooting residents with Alzheimer’s can trigger dangerous decline, while a severe shortage of specialized beds in the South Bay deepens a looming public health crisis. — Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026 Then, in May, on the beaches around the Vjosa Delta, considered the last wild river on the continent, bulldozers arrived and began uprooting pine trees, flattening dunes, and opening access routes. — Marzio G. Mian, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026 Strip mining it in the US can be particularly destructive to the environment, uprooting entire ecosystems. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 11 June 2026 However, the lunation is uprooting you from your comfort zone and urging you to realize that life is messy and unpredictable. — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 10 June 2026 Under long-standing practice, Lucy could apply for her green card right in Ohio without uprooting her life. — Cassandra Burke Robertson, The Conversation, 27 May 2026 Last spring, a strong tornado raged through Forest Park, carving out a massive path of destruction and uprooting or damaging thousands of trees. — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2026 This is easily accomplished by snipping the smaller ones (when a few inches tall) beneath the soil line instead of uprooting them, which could disturb the roots of the single seedling in each cluster. — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 1 May 2026 In 2022, Haylie opened up about uprooting her family from Los Angeles to Texas during the pandemic. — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uprooting
  1. pulling
  2. prying
  3. extracting
  4. yanking
  5. plucking
Verb
  • And often, data centers are pulling from municipal water supplies, Anisfeld said.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • Haaland’s winning goal came after another bout of yanking and pulling; the striker tried to free himself by slapping the defender’s arm away, eventually just carrying on regardless.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of pulling
Verb
  • These evergreen or deciduous shrubs protect your garden oasis from prying eyes and create a sense of solitude.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 June 2026
  • The two have already had a few chats away from prying eyes and shared a few kisses.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 10 June 2026
Definition of prying
Verb
  • The work focuses on FLiBe, a molten salt made of fluorine, lithium, and beryllium that is considered one of the leading materials for producing and extracting tritium inside future fusion reactors.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026
  • The government is also extracting data from devices that law enforcement recently seized, Winik added.
    — Chloe Atkins, NBC news, 2 July 2026
Definition of extracting
Verb
  • Haaland’s winning goal came after another bout of yanking and pulling; the striker tried to free himself by slapping the defender’s arm away, eventually just carrying on regardless.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • Now, with the federal and state government yanking back plenty of that funding and directly barring the city from enacting some of its more aggressive climate plans, Higgins is left with a narrow road to tread toward progress.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
Definition of yanking
Verb
  • As with the studio version, the track began with Lifeson plucking out a delicate intro on a nylon-string guitar before blasting into monster electric riffs.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2026
  • Vogue’s beauty shopping editor Kiana Murden became a devotee after plucking it from the beauty closet and using it religiously.
    — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 10 June 2026
Definition of plucking

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