Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense uproots, present participle uprooting, past tense, past participle uprooted
1. verb
If you uprootyourself or if you are uprooted, you leave, or are made to leave, a place where you have lived for a long time.
...the trauma of uprooting themselves from their homes. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]
He had no wish to uproot Dena from her present home. [VERB noun]
...refugees who were uprooted during the civil war. [beVERB-ed]
Synonyms: displace, remove, exile, disorient More Synonyms of uproot
2. verb
If someone uproots a tree or plant, or if the wind uproots it, it is pulled out of the ground.
They had been forced to uproot their vines and plant wheat. [VERB noun]
...fallen trees which have been uprooted by the storm. [VERB noun]
...uprooted trees. [VERB-ed]
Synonyms: pull up, dig up, root out, weed out More Synonyms of uproot
More Synonyms of uproot
uproot in British English
(ʌpˈruːt)
verb(transitive)
1.
to pull up by or as if by the roots
2.
to displace (a person or persons) from native or habitual surroundings
3.
to remove or destroy utterly
Derived forms
uprootedness (upˈrootedness)
noun
uprooter (upˈrooter)
noun
uproot in American English
(ʌpˈrut)
verb transitive
1.
to tear up by the roots
2.
to destroy or remove utterly; eradicate
3.
to remove or force from home or native land
Examples of 'uproot' in a sentence
uproot
Electricity is still in short supply and 12,000 trees have been uprooted, apparently.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They can be over one mile wide and destroy or uproot entire towns.
The Sun (2010)
Trees were uprooted and telegraph lines collapsed.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Some trees were uprooted entirely and crashed into the road.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
And then we uproot a tree and put it in our sitting room.
The Sun (2009)
Whole neighbourhoods were uprooted and displaced.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
It's also illegal to uproot protected wild plants.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Thousands of trees were uprooted, blocking roads and crushing cars.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Terrified residents watched as roofs were ripped off, chimneys crashed down and trees were uprooted.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
One morning in 2001 he found that his trees had been uprooted.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Homes and businesses were flooded, cars were washed away and trees uprooted.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Forecasters predicted uprooted trees, power cuts and damage to buildings would result.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Buses and lorries were overturned, trees were uprooted and seals were washed away.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Buses and lorries were overturned, tens of thousands of trees were uprooted and seals were washed away.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A nationwide high wind warning was issued and motorists were urged to beware of uprooted trees.
The Sun (2016)
With winds up to 90mph it is quite likely trees will be uprooted and power lines and buildings damaged.
The Sun (2013)
Hundreds of houses were washed away, trees were uprooted and all the bridges across the river were torn down.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The solution Young plants uproot easily.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We know of young people who have been uprooted from their homes and placed in provincial centres where they are used as fodder in the great experiment.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Trees were uprooted by 100mph winds at the height of the storms and drivers had to be rescued from cars caught in flash floods.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
You may get into trouble if you uproot the whole plant; and there's no point.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Homes were flattened with families inside, trucks thrown in the air, and trees uprooted by tornados up to a mile wide.
The Sun (2013)
In other languages
uproot
British English: uproot VERB
If you uproot yourself or if you are uprooted, you leave, or are made to leave, a place where you have lived for a long time.
...the trauma of uprooting themselves from their homes.
American English: uproot
Brazilian Portuguese: arrancar
Chinese: 使…离开家园
European Spanish: desarraigar
French: déraciner
German: entwurzeln
Italian: sradicare
Japanese: 立ち退かせる
Korean: 오랫동안 살던 곳에서 떠나다
European Portuguese: arrancar
Latin American Spanish: desarraigar
1 (verb)
Definition
to displace (a person or people) from their native or usual surroundings
the trauma of uprooting them from their homes
Synonyms
displace
They displaced him in a coup.
remove
They tried to remove the barricades which had been erected.
exile
disorient
deracinate
2 (verb)
Definition
to pull up by or as if by the roots
fallen trees which have been uprooted by the storm
Synonyms
pull up
dig up
root out
weed out
rip up
grub up
extirpate (archaic)
deracinate
pull out by the roots
3 (verb)
Definition
to remove or destroy utterly
Synonyms
destroy
They could destroy the enemy in days rather than weeks.
remove
It's quite tricky to remove ants from your home – but not impossible.
eliminate
The Act has not eliminated discrimination in employment.
wipe out
eradicate
battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus
do away with
extirpate
The Romans wished to extirpate Druidism in Britain.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of eliminate
Definition
to get rid of (something or someone unwanted, unnecessary, or not meeting the requirements needed)
The Act has not eliminated discrimination in employment.
Synonyms
remove,
end,
stop,
withdraw,
get rid of,
abolish,
cut out,
dispose of,
terminate,
banish,
eradicate,
put an end to,
do away with,
dispense with,
stamp out,
exterminate,
get shot of,
wipe from the face of the earth
in the sense of eradicate
Definition
to destroy or get rid of completely
battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus
Synonyms
wipe out,
eliminate,
remove,
destroy,
get rid of,
abolish,
erase,
excise,
extinguish,
stamp out,
obliterate,
uproot,
weed out,
annihilate,
put paid to,
root out,
efface,
exterminate,
expunge (formal),
extirpate,
wipe from the face of the earth
in the sense of extirpate
Definition
to remove or destroy completely
The Romans wished to extirpate Druidism in Britain.
Synonyms
wipe out,
destroy,
eliminate,
abolish,
erase,
remove,
eradicate,
excise,
extinguish,
uproot,
annihilate,
root out,
exterminate,
expunge (formal),
deracinate,
pull up by the roots,
wipe from the face of the earth
Synonyms of 'uproot'
uproot
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of remove
Definition
to take away and place elsewhere
They tried to remove the barricades which had been erected.
Synonyms
take away,
move,
pull,
transfer,
detach,
displace,
do away with,
dislodge,
cart off (slang),
carry off or away
in the sense of remove
It's quite tricky to remove ants from your home – but not impossible.