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uproot

/əp'rut/

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verb
destroy completely, as if down to the roots
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"the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"

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eradicate exterminate extirpate root out

type of:
destroy destruct
verb
pull up by or as if by the roots
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"uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

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deracinate extirpate root out

type of:
displace move
verb
move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
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"The war uprooted many people"

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deracinate

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displace

Examples of uproot

"the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
"uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
"The war uprooted many people"