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
Producers of cognac are cutting staff and uprooting vines as sales go down the drain.
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Suzanne Lynch, Bloomberg, 27 Jan. 2026
The Clooneys have been living in France with their children after uprooting the family to get away from the culture of Hollywood, the Academy Award-winning actor and director said in October.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 12 Jan. 2026
That means uprooting institutionalized callousness and redefining what counts as efficiency, innovation and value.
—Valerie L. Myers, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2026
Abel took a job at PwC, and after uprooting from his hometown to the company’s San Francisco office, began working with geothermal business CalEnergy as a client.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026
Here's what car buyers need to know about the new Nissan Leaf and why the Japanese automaker is uprooting its production.
—Charles Singh, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2025
Compare that to France, which has put forth a total of $356 million (€307 million) in the past three years (€57 million 2023, €120 million 2024, and €130 million in November 2025) for programs to assist grape growers with uprooting their vines.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2025
The preliminary injunction is narrow, and only stops the Corps from uprooting trees, Coggins wrote.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 21 Nov. 2025
In the 1930s, rolling black dust storms blanketed America’s Great Plains, uprooting topsoil and crops across 100 million acres of land.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
Suzanne Lynch, Bloomberg, 27 Jan. 2026
The Clooneys have been living in France with their children after uprooting the family to get away from the culture of Hollywood, the Academy Award-winning actor and director said in October.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 12 Jan. 2026
That means uprooting institutionalized callousness and redefining what counts as efficiency, innovation and value.
—Valerie L. Myers, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2026
Abel took a job at PwC, and after uprooting from his hometown to the company’s San Francisco office, began working with geothermal business CalEnergy as a client.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026
Here's what car buyers need to know about the new Nissan Leaf and why the Japanese automaker is uprooting its production.
—Charles Singh, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2025
Compare that to France, which has put forth a total of $356 million (€307 million) in the past three years (€57 million 2023, €120 million 2024, and €130 million in November 2025) for programs to assist grape growers with uprooting their vines.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2025
The preliminary injunction is narrow, and only stops the Corps from uprooting trees, Coggins wrote.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 21 Nov. 2025
In the 1930s, rolling black dust storms blanketed America’s Great Plains, uprooting topsoil and crops across 100 million acres of land.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uprooting
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As his career skyrocketed, Chalamet spent years quietly training — aided by an expert on the sport, Diego Schaaf — by pulling a table-tennis setup along to productions ranging from Dune to Wonka.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Jan. 2026
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Notre Dame didn’t mess around in pulling all that material together, looking like a program with a plan before the portal opened.—
Pete Sampson,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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And rather than Christians leavening the secular right-wing movements, those movements are prying Christianity further and further away from the ethic and teachings of Jesus.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
21 Jan. 2026
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Given the material of choice, this pick could also serve as a multi-tool of sorts as well, with examples on the campaign page including prying open a tricky soda can or a quick screw tightening.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Jan. 2026
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But extracting them and refining them is the difficult part.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
11 Jan. 2026
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Olive oil is made by crushing olives and extracting their liquids.—
Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
10 Jan. 2026
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Trump did not take kindly to those remarks, responding with threats in Davos before yanking the Board of Peace invitation.—
Steven Sloan,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
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Discouraged home sellers are yanking the for-sale signs out of their front yards.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Jan. 2026
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Or plucking Tater Tots straight off the baking sheet and then wiping your hands on your pants.—
Alyssa Brandt,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Caitlin Looby Last August, Lauren Isbell dove around Mott Island Dock at Isle Royale National Park, plucking invasive zebra mussels from the lakebed – sometimes with her fingers, other times with a credit-card sized piece of plastic attached to a lanyard on her wrist.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Uprooting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uprooting. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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