What are some opposite words for uproot?
Antonyms for uproot
ʌpˈrut, -ˈrʊtup·root
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uproot
Exterminate (Latin ex, out, and terminus, a boundary) signified primarily to drive beyond the bounds or limits of a country; the word is applied to races of men or animals, and is now almost exclusively used for removal by death; individuals are now said to be banished or expelled. Eradicate (Latin e, out, and radix, root) is primarily applied to numbers or groups of plants which it is desired to remove effectually from the soil; a single tree may be uprooted, but is not said to be eradicated; we labor to eradicate or root out noxious weeds. To extirpate (Latin ex, out, and stirps, stem, stock) is not only to destroy the individuals of any race of plants or animals, but the very stock, so that the race can never be restored; we speak of eradicating a disease, of extirpating a cancer, exterminating wild beasts or hostile tribes; we seek to eradicate or extirpate all vices and evils. Compare ABOLISH.
Antonyms:
augment, beget, breed, build up, cherish, colonize, develop, foster, increase, plant, populate, propagate, replenish, settleSynonyms:
annihilate, banish, destroy, eradicate, expel, exterminate, extirpate, overthrow, remove, root out, wipe out
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Princeton's WordNet
uproot, deracinateverb
move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
"The war uprooted many people"
Synonyms:
eradicate, root out, deracinate, extirpate, exterminateuproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminateverb
destroy completely, as if down to the roots
"the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"
Synonyms:
extirpate, kill off, annihilate, deracinate, eliminate, decimate, exterminate, root out, wipe out, extinguish, eradicate, carry offuproot, extirpate, deracinate, root outverb
pull up by or as if by the roots
"uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
Synonyms:
eradicate, root out, deracinate, extirpate, exterminate
How to use uproot in a sentence?
That is where the entrenchment of hyper-conservatism is real and difficult to uproot.
We hold President Abbas personally responsible for the aggressive campaign against Hamas in the West Bank, it is part of a dual campaign by the Zionist enemy (Israel) and the Palestinian Authority to uproot Hamas and the resistance.
Top Iraqi government officials will not be calm unless Top Iraqi government officials uproot the hateful and cowardly terrorism, and it is certain that the will of the Iraqis is beyond their criminality and villainy.
We are professionals, public servants who by vocation and training pursue the policies of the President, regardless of who holds that office or what party they affiliate with, we are people who repeatedly uproot Foreign Service officers lives, who risk -- and sometimes give -- Foreign Service officers lives for this country.
A lot of people have been here undocumented for more than half their life, if you see this as home it's difficult to see where your future lies and having to uproot your family and start a new life somewhere you haven't lived for years.
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