UPROOT

uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out

(verb) pull up by or as if by the roots; “uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden”

uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate

(verb) destroy completely, as if down to the roots; “the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted”; “root out corruption”

uproot, deracinate

(verb) move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; “The war uprooted many people”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

uproot (third-person singular simple present uproots, present participle uprooting, simple past and past participle uprooted) (transitive)

To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate.

(by extension) To remove from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.

(figurative) To destroy utterly; to eradicate, exterminate.

Synonym: benothing

Synonyms

• (to root up): deracinate, disroot

• See also destroy

Anagrams

• root up

Source: Wiktionary

Up*root", v. t.

Definition: To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate. Trees uprooted left their place. Dryden. At his command the uprooted hills retired. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition