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Definitions for Uproot

[1] to pull out by or as if by the roots: The hurricane uprooted many trees and telephone poles.
[2] to remove violently or tear away from a native place or environment: The industrial revolution uprooted large segments of the rural population.
[3] to destroy or eradicate as if by pulling out roots: The conquerors uprooted many of the native traditions.
[4] to displace, as from a home or country; tear away, as from customs or a way of life: to uproot a people.
[5] to become uprooted.
[6] to pull up by or as if by the roots
[7] to displace (a person or persons) from native or habitual surroundings
[8] to remove or destroy utterly

Words related to Uproot

annihilate, exterminate, displace, demolish, overthrow, overturn, eradicate, abate, move, remove, abolish, extirpate, exile, extract, excavate, eliminate, deracinate, weed

Words nearby Uproot

uprise, uprising, upriver, uproar, uproarious, uproot, uprose, uprouse, uprush, ups, ups and downs

Origin of Uproot

First recorded in 1610–20; up- + root2

Other words from Uproot

up·root·ed·ness , noun
up·root·er , noun

Synonyms for Uproot

annihilate, demolish, displace, eradicate, exterminate, overthrow, overturn, wipe out, abate, abolish, deracinate, eliminate, excavate, exile, extirpate, extract, move, remove, weed, blot out, dig up, do away with, pull up, root out, tear up, weed out