uproot

Verb
Synonyms: deracinateeradicateextirpateroot outexterminate

WordNet 3.0

Verb (3)

  1. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment“The war uprooted many people”Synonyms: deracinate
  2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots“the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption”Synonyms: eradicateextirpateroot outexterminate
  3. pull up by or as if by the roots“uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden”Synonyms: extirpatederacinateroot out
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

Trees uprooted left their place. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

At his command the uprooted hills retired. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

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