The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Uproot \Up*root"\, v. t.
   To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots;
   to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.
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         Trees uprooted left their place.         --Dryden.
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         At his command the uprooted hills retired. --Milton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

uproot
    v 1: move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and
         foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people" [syn:
         uproot, deracinate]
    2: destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of
       political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"
       [syn: uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out,
       exterminate]
    3: pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has
       spread all over the garden" [syn: uproot, extirpate,
       deracinate, root out]