UPROOT

/ʌpˈɹuːt/ ► audio Scrabble 8 Words With Friends 10

Scrabble letter values: U1P3R1O1O1T1 = 8

Definition

  1. verb move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment. — synonyms: deracinate
  2. verb destroy completely, as if down to the roots. — synonyms: eradicate, extirpate, root_out, exterminate
  3. verb pull up by or as if by the roots. — synonyms: extirpate, deracinate, root_out

Examples

  • “The war uprooted many people”
  • “the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted”
  • “root out corruption”

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