UPROOTING Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

uprooting

verb

Definition of uprooting next

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 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 Families like the ones served by Knightsbridge may be operating at a different scale, but the underlying pattern—uprooting a household, splitting a family across time zones, reorganizing daily life around one child’s athletic trajectory—is hardly confined to the ultra-wealthy. —

Tori Latham, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2026 Powerful winds and reported tornadoes ripped through the Midwest, tearing off roofs, uprooting trees and rendering rural roads impassable, but no deaths were reported from Friday’s storms. —

Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 19 Apr. 2026 Strong winds capable of knocking out power and damaging or even uprooting trees are also possible as the storms blast eastward into the evening across Michigan and northern parts of Ohio and Indiana. —

Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026 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. —

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

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Rodriguez was seen on camera sitting behind the boy and pulling his arms behind his back causing his shoulders to flare out, police say.

— Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2026
Last week, the archdiocese accused CPS of abruptly pulling the funding from only Catholic schools before the school year ended, even questioning if the district had mismanaged money and if the district was targeting their religious schools.

— Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026