uproot
[verb]
Synonyms:
- pull up, dig up, rip up, root out, weed out
- displace, exile

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Antonyms: establish, inseminate
Related Words: demolish, destroy, overthrow, overturn, subvert, displace, replace, supersede, supplant, move, shift, transplant

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

up‧root /ʌpˈruːt/ verb

1. [transitive] to pull a plant and its roots out of the ground

2. [intransitive and transitive] to make someone leave their home for a new place, especially when this is difficult or upsetting:
He rejected the idea of uprooting himself and moving to America.

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