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
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.
—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
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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The pillow is filled with shredded memory foam gel that pulls heat away from your head, neck, and shoulders to prevent overheating.—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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Google search pulls from the same information as Google News, even though the two sites are technically separate.—
Michael Muchmore,
PC Magazine,
28 May 2026
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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.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Feb. 2026
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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.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
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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.—
Chris Barilla,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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The multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter, who rocks an early era Maxwell ‘fro, plays drums, plucks bass, and sings about the ups and downs of love and consumerism on his new album, LK99.—
Elise Brisco,
Rolling Stone,
22 May 2026
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So workers are taking extra care to smooth those out and make sure they have not been damaged by the machine that extracts them.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
28 May 2026
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During slow-wave sleep, a leader's brain consolidates the day's information, extracts patterns from the complexities encountered, and builds connections between seemingly unrelated ideas.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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“Uproots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uproots. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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