as in pulls
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 uproots
Both in the past and in the present, Euphoria uproots Ali from the comfortable four walls of the diner.
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Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
And so, in a twist that uproots the entire season, front-runner Jane Don’t gets sent home with only like one episode to go before the finale.
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Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
28 Mar. 2026
To be closer to her, their father uproots the family from the city to the countryside.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2026
The six-part thriller follows John (Lincoln) who uproots his family and moves from London to the small Scottish village of Coldwater, following a violent incident at a playground.
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Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
Helm topples trees, uproots crops, overturns feed stacks, steals loose blankets.
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Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
And so, in a twist that uproots the entire season, front-runner Jane Don’t gets sent home with only like one episode to go before the finale.
—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
28 Mar. 2026
To be closer to her, their father uproots the family from the city to the countryside.
—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2026
The six-part thriller follows John (Lincoln) who uproots his family and moves from London to the small Scottish village of Coldwater, following a violent incident at a playground.
—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
Helm topples trees, uproots crops, overturns feed stacks, steals loose blankets.
—
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uproots
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Shoppers are gravitating toward scents that double as emotional rituals, whether that means a warm vanilla, a sweet caramel or a fruit-and-cream gourmand that pulls double duty as a comfort scent.
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The Ed Sullivan Theater, the crowd is full, the curtain pulls, people are cheering, and David Letterman walks out.
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There are swooping close encounters with heavenly bodies, Lego blocks in antigravity mode and swarms of Separators, a sort of astro-anthropomorphic version of the tool that pries apart Lego bricks in real life.
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The show’s biggest laugh may come when Testa pries open Costanzo’s mouth and pronounces just how many performances of Norma Galas has left.
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His torso and thighs grow eye-poppingly muscular beneath their skimpy fur-and-leather togs—a development that does not go unnoticed by a warrior named Red Hair, who plucks the young hunk from his post and tosses him into the prime time of the gladiator pit.
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But the emotional gravity of this offering's deeply personal, melancholic lyrical content plucks an undeniably profound chord that uniquely separates it from the rest of his work.
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This process extracts the melon’s precious juice and preserves its vivid color.
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Like Fernando Alonso and once upon a time, Sebastian Vettel, Hulkenberg often extracts more out of the car than anyone would expect.
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“Uproots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uproots. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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