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(verb) pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" |
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Synonyms: deracinate, extirpate, pull up, root out |
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Related Words: displace, move |
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(verb) destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" |
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Synonyms: eradicate, exterminate, extirpate |
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Related Words: destroy |
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(verb) move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people" |
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Synonyms: deracinate, displace |
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Related Words: place |
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