1. uproot - verb
· move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"
Synonym(s): deracinate
Hypernym(s): displace
2. uproot - verb
· destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"; "root out corruption"
Synonym(s): eradicate, extirpate, root_out, exterminate
Hypernym(s): destroy, destruct
3. uproot - verb
· pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
Synonym(s): extirpate, deracinate, root_out
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