📖 Definitions of "Unroot"
verb
- 1
To tear up by the roots; to uproot.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Unroot"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| disrootverb | (transitive, archaic) To uproot (tear up from the roots). |
| uprootverb | (transitive) (figuratively) To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly. |
| extirpateverb | (transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate. |
| eradicateverb | (transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to. |
| more | To a greater degree or extent. |
| root upverb | To dig or pull up by the roots. |
| rootnoun | The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction. |
| uprendverb | (transitive, archaic) To tear up; to uproot. |
| outrootverb | (transitive) To eradicate |
| erradicateverb | Misspelling of eradicate. [(transitive) To pull up by the roots.] |
| underrootnoun | The underground root portion of a plant, or a single underground root. |
| routnoun | (originally military) The act of completely defeating an army or other enemy force, causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; (by extension) in politics, sport, etc.: a convincing defeat; a thrashing, a trouncing. |
| averruncateverb | (transitive, rare) To avert; to ward off. |
| deracinateverb | To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate. |
| root outverb | (transitive) To remove or abolish completely. |
| tear upverb | (intransitive) To start shedding tears. |
| upwrenchverb | (transitive, poetic) To wrench upward; to tear up or uproot. |
| supplantverb | (transitive) To take the place of; to replace, to supersede. |
| aberuncateverb | (rare, transitive) To eradicate; to pull up by the roots. |
| aracenoun | (obsolete, transitive) To tear up by the roots; to draw away. |
📝 Common Phrases with "Unroot"
Words that come before
- tounroot
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