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uproot

Dictionary definition · uproot

verb

  1. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment"The war uprooted many people"
  2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots"the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
  3. pull up by or as if by the roots"uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).