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
Serkis and Peter Jackson spent most of last year coaxing Winslet to appear in the film, which means uprooting to New Zealand to shoot her scenes in the film from late May through to October.
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Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2026
But their daughters were just 2 and 4 then, and uprooting them was daunting.
—Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
There’s also the issue of uprooting the children and disrupting their lives and schooling.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 2026
Forecasters warned that the storm's wind gusts could top 70 mph, uprooting trees and tangling power lines.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
Alliances and institutional memories are the Democrats’ great advantage over a self-uprooting Republican Party.
—Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
Producers of cognac are cutting staff and uprooting vines as sales go down the drain.
—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
Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2026
But their daughters were just 2 and 4 then, and uprooting them was daunting.
—Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
There’s also the issue of uprooting the children and disrupting their lives and schooling.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 2026
Forecasters warned that the storm's wind gusts could top 70 mph, uprooting trees and tangling power lines.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
Alliances and institutional memories are the Democrats’ great advantage over a self-uprooting Republican Party.
—Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
Producers of cognac are cutting staff and uprooting vines as sales go down the drain.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uprooting
Verb
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The 2018 Hands-Free Georgia Act, which effectively banned drivers from holding phones, made pulling drivers over easier.—
Doug Turnbull,
AJC.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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Saturday, and a good Samaritan is credited with pulling the three survivors out of the inlet, the USCG told The Charlotte Observer.—
Mark Price
April 5,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Entering his third season at the helm, Counsell is seemingly more comfortable with the uniqueness of managing the Cubs, from the day games to the prying media to the quirkiness of the ballpark, which can favor hitters one day and pitchers the next.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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There are those who close their social media accounts, those who move to a ranch away from prying eyes, and those who decide to address the issue.—
Alessandra De Tommasi,
Vanity Fair,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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And the largest tech companies in the world are extracting profit from it?—
Mark Olsen,
Twin Cities,
5 Apr. 2026
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In fact, many collagen supplements are made by extracting collagen from the bones, skin, and feet of chickens.—
Lindsey DeSoto,
Health,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Chelsea were a few seconds from going out of the quarter-finals (losing 3-2 on aggregate) when Arsenal full-back Katie McCabe halted a run by Chelsea’s USWNT forward Alyssa Thompson by grabbing Thompson’s ponytail and yanking it, as shown above.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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Keep the movement coming from your ribs, rotating, not by yanking your neck.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
1 Apr. 2026
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The United States pulled off a daring rescue of two aviators whose fighter jet was shot down by Iran, plucking the pilot from behind enemy lines before setting off a complicated extraction of the second service member who hid deep in the mountains as Tehran called for Iranians to help capture him.—
Seung Min Kim,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Michigan coach Dusty May had made the most of the transfer portal, plucking players out of it in each of his two years to remarkably rebuild a program that lost a school-record 24 games two years ago before firing former Fab Five player Juwan Howard.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Uprooting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uprooting. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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