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Uproot

🔄 Synonyms of "Uproot"

7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
eradicateverb	(transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
extirpateverb	(transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate.
displaceverb	To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
deracinateverb	To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
root outverb	(transitive) To remove or abolish completely.
exterminateverb	(transitive) To kill or otherwise permanently eliminate all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.
pull upverb	Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, up.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Uproot"

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Word	Definition
deracinateverb	To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
eradicateverb	(transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
extirpateverb	(transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate.
root outverb	(transitive) To remove or abolish completely.
exterminateverb	(transitive) To kill or otherwise permanently eliminate all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.
displaceverb	To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
pull upverb	Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, up.
eradicationnoun	The act of plucking up by the roots; an uprooting or rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.
tearverb	(transitive) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
eliminateverb	(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
dismantleverb	(transitive) To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
removeverb	(transitive) To delete.
extricateverb	(transitive) To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.
dislocateverb	To put something out of its usual place.
destroyverb	(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
wrestverb	(transitive) To pull or twist violently.
extractverb	(transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
ripverb	(transitive) To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
bootverb	(transitive) To kick.
grubverb	To scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food.