uproot means the act of uprooting something.
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uproot is pronounced /ˌʌpˈɹuːt/.
Etymology
From up- (prefix indicating a higher direction or position) + root (“to tear up by the roots; (figuratively) to remove forcibly from a place; to eradicate, exterminate”, verb). Root is derived from root (“underground part of a plant”, noun), from Middle English rote, from Old English rōt, rōte, from Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wrōts, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”).
noun
- The act of uprooting something.e.g.“With the uproot of the Chinese commercial system in the 1890s such a crisis was bound to surface.” — 2014, Alexander Claver, Dutch Commerce and Chinese Merchants in Java, page 174:
verb
- To tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up.e.g.“Mark me! the Lord's hand is stretched out, and will not be withdrawn until his nest be turned up, even as the plough uprooteth and scattereth the nest of the field-mouse and the blind mole; […]” — 1832, Mrs. S[amuel] C[arter] Hall [i.e., Anna Maria Hall], chapter XIV, in The Buccaneer. A Tale. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […] (late Colburn and Bentley), →OCLC, pages 272–273:
- To destroy (something) utterly; to eradicate, exterminate.e.g.“[B]ravely bearing on, thy will / Is destined an eternal war to wage / With tyranny and falshood, and uproot / The germs of misery from the human heart.” — 1813, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Canto IX”, in Queen Mab; […], London: […] P. B. Shelley, […], →OCLC, page 120:
- To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.
- Of oneself or someone: to move away from a familiar environment (for example, to live elsewhere).
- Of a pig or other animal: to dig up (something in the ground) using the snout; to rummage for (something) in the ground; to grub up, to root, to rout.
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