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uproot |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 --Dryden. At his command the uprooted hills retired. --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}, {pull up}]
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