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[ verb ] move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
Synonyms Examples "The war uprooted many people" Used in print (Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)He came to a stretch of old orange groves , the trees dead , some of them uprooted , and then there was an outlying shopping area , and tract houses . Related terms |
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[ verb ] destroy completely, as if down to the roots
Synonyms Examples "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" Related terms |
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[ verb ] pull up by or as if by the roots
Synonyms Examples "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" Related terms |
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