pull a plant and its roots out of the ground; extirpate, root something out completely; displace, remove from a native environment
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Uproot Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.
uproot
\up*root"\ (?), v. t. to root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate. trees uprooted left their place. at his command the uprooted hills retired.
uproot
v
1. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "the war uprooted many people" [syn: displace, deracinate]
2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" [syn: eradicate, extirpate, exterminate]
3. pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" [syn: extirpate, deracinate, root out]
To eradicate.
Verb
1. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"
(synonym) displace, deracinate
(hypernym) place
2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
(synonym) eradicate, extirpate, exterminate
(hypernym) destroy, destruct
(derivation) destroyer, ruiner, undoer, waster, uprooter
3. pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
(synonym) extirpate, deracinate, root out
(hypernym) move, displace
Uproot Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Uproot is a 2008 mix produced by DJ /rupture. A related compilation album Uproot: The Ingredients was co-released, which features the original recordings used in the mix.
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