UPROOT
\ʌpɹˈuːt], \ʌpɹˈuːt], \ʌ_p_ɹ_ˈuː_t]\
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move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"
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pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
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destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
By Princeton University
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move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"
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pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
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destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.
By Oddity Software
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