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Webster 1913 Edition
Uproot
Up-root′
,Verb.
T.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Uproot
UPROOT'
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
uproot
uproot
English
Verb
uproot (third-person singular simple present uproots, present participle uprooting, simple past and past participle uprooted)
- To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate.
- (by extension) To remove utterly; to eradicate.
Synonyms
- (to root up) deracinate
- See also Wikisaurus:destroy
Translations
extirpate — see extirpate
eradicate — see eradicate