uproot

Definition of Uproot in English :

1. deracinate, uproot

move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment

Example Sentences:
'The war uprooted many people'

destroy completely, as if down to the roots

Example Sentences:
'the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted'
'root out corruption'

pull up by or as if by the roots

Example Sentences:
'uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Uproot

verb (transitive)

1.

to pull up by or as if by the roots

2.

to displace (a person or persons) from native or habitual surroundings

3.

to remove or destroy utterly

verb transitive

1.

to tear up by the roots

2.

to destroy or remove utterly; eradicate

3.

to remove or force from home or native land

tr.v. up·root·ed, up·root·ing, up·roots

1. To pull up (a plant and its roots) from the ground.

2. To destroy or remove completely; eradicate.

3. To force to leave an accustomed or native location.