Verb: uproot ,úp'root
- Pull up by or as if by the roots
"uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden";
- extirpate [formal], deracinate [formal], root out
- Remove, destroy or wipe out completely
"the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted";
- eradicate, extirpate [formal], root out, eliminate
- Move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
"The war uprooted many people";
- deracinate [formal]
Derived forms: uprooted, uprooting, uproots
Type of: destroy, destruct, displace, move, spifflicate [Brit, informal], spiflicate [Brit, informal], uncreate [literary]
Encyclopedia: Uproot