| uproot | | |
| v. (social) | 1. deracinate, uproot | move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment.; "The war uprooted many people" |
| ~ displace | cause to move, usually with force or pressure.; "the refugees were displaced by the war" |
| v. (creation) | 2. eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, root out, uproot | destroy completely, as if down to the roots.; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"; "root out corruption" |
| ~ destroy, destruct | do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of.; "The fire destroyed the house" |
| v. (contact) | 3. deracinate, extirpate, root out, uproot | pull up by or as if by the roots.; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" |
| ~ stub | pull up (weeds) by their roots. |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
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