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- pronunciation:
- uhp
rut
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
uproots, uprooting, uprooted |
| definition 1: |
to pull up or tear out of the ground by the roots.
The storm uprooted many trees.- synonyms:
- deracinate, eradicate
- antonyms:
- root
- similar words:
- excise, extirpate, pluck, rogue, root, unearth, weed
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| definition 2: |
to force to leave a home, native land, or natural environment.
The population was uprooted by the famine.It is unhealthy to uproot young children.- synonyms:
- deracinate, displace
- similar words:
- dislodge, exile, expatriate, expel, ostracize, relocate
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| related words: |
exile, ostracize, pluck, rogue, root |
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