Definitions for uproot
Overview of verb uproot
The verb uproot has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) uproot, deracinate
(move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people")
2. uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate
(destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption")
3. uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out
(pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden")
