uproot
verb
up·root
(ˌ)əp-ˈrüt 
-ˈru̇t
-ˈru̇t
uprooted; uprooting; uproots
1
: to remove as if by pulling up
2
: to pull up by the roots
3
: to displace from a country or traditional habitat
uprootedness
noun
uprooter
noun
Synonyms
Examples of uproot in a Sentence
Many trees were uprooted by the storm.
Will we ever be able to uproot racial prejudice?
Taking the job would mean uprooting my family.
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Squeezed by the high cost of living, Jane, Lenny and their two kids are constantly uprooted in search of cheaper rent.
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Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024
Of course, all of this could be entirely uprooted by the time the next Summer Olympics rolls around in 2028 in Los Angeles, the sunny home of what has to be hundreds if not thousands of marquee influencers.
—Marah Eakin, WIRED, 12 Aug. 2024
At its peak, more than 250,000 utility customers had no power as the storm's winds knocked over utility poles and uprooted trees.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
Roughly 1 in 5 of the more than 40,000 children in foster care statewide — who have already experienced tremendous instability in their lives — may be uprooted, according to advocates for the children.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024
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Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024
Of course, all of this could be entirely uprooted by the time the next Summer Olympics rolls around in 2028 in Los Angeles, the sunny home of what has to be hundreds if not thousands of marquee influencers.
—Marah Eakin, WIRED, 12 Aug. 2024
At its peak, more than 250,000 utility customers had no power as the storm's winds knocked over utility poles and uprooted trees.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
Roughly 1 in 5 of the more than 40,000 children in foster care statewide — who have already experienced tremendous instability in their lives — may be uprooted, according to advocates for the children.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024
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uproot
verb
up·root
(ˌ)ə-ˈprüt
-ˈpru̇t
-ˈpru̇t
: to remove by or as if by pulling up by the roots
uproot a vine
families uprooted by war
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