uprootedadj.
/ˌʌpˈruːtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌəpˈrudəd/ Rooted up; eradicated. Also figurative.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [adjective]
unwevedc1330
displaced1571
uprooteda1593
dissituate1593
unsphered1598
unroosted1614
dislocated1793
dislocate1814
slipped1820
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > eradicating > eradicated or eradicable
uprooteda1593
out-razed1638
extirpated1827
eradicable1847
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > [adjective] > uprooting > rooted up or out
uprooteda1593
eradicated1661
a1593 C. Marlowe tr. Lucan First Bk. (1600) i. 4 We sing..Armies alied, the kingdoms league vprooted.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 781 At his command the uprooted Hills retir'd. View more context for this quotation
1737 R. Glover Leonidas ix. 294 With prostrate glories lie the stately oak And elm uprooted.
1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes II. iii. xxv. 22 The Bacchanalian Maids..Tear from the bursting Glebe th' uprooted Tree.
1807 J. Barlow Columbiad x. 365 For him no more..Uprooted mountains sweep the dark profound.
1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen viii. 141 One man above all others (he is now uprooted from society, and cast away for ever) she blasted with her wrath.
1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner iii. 51 Almost as helpless as an uprooted tree.
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