uproot
/ʌprˈut/
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Definitions
Verb
move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"
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destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"
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pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"