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
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.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026
The couple has 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.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 29 Dec. 2025
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
Most recently, in 2024, the university implemented a comprehensive revitalization effort for the shrubs—uprooting and replanting them in new soil with improved irrigation and drainage—marking the third removal.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
Strong winds capable of knocking out power and damaging or uprooting trees are the biggest threat, though there’s enough spin in the atmosphere to generate isolated tornadoes that can form quickly with little advance warning.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026
The couple has 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.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 29 Dec. 2025
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
Most recently, in 2024, the university implemented a comprehensive revitalization effort for the shrubs—uprooting and replanting them in new soil with improved irrigation and drainage—marking the third removal.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
Strong winds capable of knocking out power and damaging or uprooting trees are the biggest threat, though there’s enough spin in the atmosphere to generate isolated tornadoes that can form quickly with little advance warning.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 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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Surveillance video shows two suspects arriving in a car, getting out with crowbars, and prying open the restaurant's front door.—
Conor McGill,
CBS News,
3 Jan. 2026
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Water that seeps into small cracks or gaps around homes can freeze and expand, slowly prying open concrete, damaging driveways, sidewalks, and steps, and even compromising foundations.—
Brendel Clark,
Freep.com,
16 Dec. 2025
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While heavy crude oil is what is predominantly being drilled for today, its viscous consistency and high levels of metals and sulfur mean extracting and refining this product is significantly more costly than its light crude counterpart.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
5 Jan. 2026
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To achieve the effect of Alma extracting the worm from Elvira’s mouth, Foldberg and his team created several silicone worm pieces and then fed them through a contraption attached to the side of Myren’s face.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
23 Dec. 2025
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Therefore Primate and its promising central character turns more into a typical slasher flick, repeatedly knocking off the swimsuit-wearing teens one by one, his specialty being yanking out jaws and other bloody grossouts.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
8 Jan. 2026
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Keep the movement coming from your ribs, rotating, not by yanking your neck.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
28 Dec. 2025
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Regime change, as it has been practiced and discussed in international politics, refers to something far more ambitious and far more consequential than plucking out a single leader.—
Andrew Latham,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Regime change, as it has been practiced and discussed in international politics, refers to something far more ambitious and far more consequential than plucking out a single leader.—
Andrew Latham,
The Conversation,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Uprooting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uprooting. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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