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Unroot

To tear up by the roots; to uproot.

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    To tear up by the roots; to uproot.

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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.
moreTo a greater degree or extent.
root upverbTo dig or pull up by the roots.
rootnounThe 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
erradicateverbMisspelling of eradicate. [(transitive) To pull up by the roots.]
underrootnounThe 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.
deracinateverbTo 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.

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