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English to English verb
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move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment |  | Example: The war uprooted many people
source: wordnet30
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destroy completely, as if down to the roots |  | Example: the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted root out corruption
source: wordnet30
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pull up by or as if by the roots |  | Example: uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden
source: wordnet30
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To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate. |  | source: webster1913
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