Dictionary & Thesaurus

1.

(verb) pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

Synonyms: deracinate, pull up, root out, uproot

Related Words: displace, move

2.

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

Synonyms: eradicate, exterminate, uproot

Related Words: destroy