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Synonyms for uproot
ʌpˈrut, -ˈrʊtup·root

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  1. 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.

    Synonyms:
    annihilate, banish, destroy, eradicate, expel, exterminate, extirpate, overthrow, remove, root out, wipe out

    Antonyms:
    augment, beget, breed, build up, cherish, colonize, develop, foster, increase, plant, populate, propagate, replenish, settle

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  1. uproot

    Synonyms:
    eradicate, extirpate, weed, deracinate, exterminate, destroy

    Antonyms:
    implant, sow, foster, nurture, cultivate

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  1. 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, exterminate

  2. uproot, 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 off

  3. uproot, 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

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  1. uprootverb

    Synonyms:
    eradicate, extirpate, pull up by the roots, tear up by the roots

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  1. uprootverb

    Synonyms:
    eradicate, extirpate

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  1. List of paraphrases for "uproot":

    eradicate

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#27471overthrow
#28847eradicate
#41031expel
#45925extinguish
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#66079annihilate
#68362exterminate
#91610uproot
#107435decimate
#228927extirpate

How to use uproot in a sentence?

  1. The Rev. Jarred Mercer:

    They’re getting more and more entrenched in town, especially the children, and it would just be more trauma to uproot them and start the whole process over again.

  2. Orla Kelleher:

    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.

  3. Marie Yovanovitch:

    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.

  4. The Talmud:

    He who has more learning than goodness is like a tree with many branches and few roots, which the first wind throws down; whilst he whose works are greater than his knowledge is like a tree with many roots and fewer branches, which all the winds of heaven cannot uproot.

  5. Thein Nyint:

    We can be sure they will uproot him by hook or by crook, so my best advice for him is 'resign from the speaker's position if you want to prevent further perils for you and your family'.


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