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UPROOT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pull up by or as if by the roots

Example:

uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden

Synonyms:

deracinate; extirpate; root out; uproot

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "uproot" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "uproot"):

stub (pull up (weeds) by their roots)

Sentence frames:

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Sense 2

Meaning:

Destroy completely, as if down to the roots

Example:

root out corruption

Synonyms:

eradicate; exterminate; extirpate; root out; uproot

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "uproot" is one way to...):

destroy; destruct (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

uprooter (a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment

Example:

The war uprooted many people

Synonyms:

deracinate; uproot

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "uproot" is one way to...):

displace (cause to move, usually with force or pressure)

Sentence frames:

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