Definition of uprooting Uprooting
/ʌpɹuˈtɪŋ/ - [upruting] -
We found 5 definitions of uprooting from 2 different sources.
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What does uprooting mean?
Wiktionary 
- uprooting (Noun)
A tearing up. - uprooting (Verb)
Present participle of uproot.
Part of speech
🔤- uprooting, verb, gerund of uproot (infinitive).
WordNet
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| uproot - pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" | ||
| extirpate, deracinate, root out | ||
| displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
| stub strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object; "She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken" | ||
| uproot - destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption" | ||
| eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate | ||
| destruct, destroy destroy (one's own missile or rocket); "The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons" | ||
| uproot - move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people" | ||
| deracinate | ||
| displace cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- uproot (v. t.)
To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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uproot
To destroy completely leaving no trace. -
uproot
To pull up by the roots.
Part of speech
🔤- uproot, verb, present, 1st person singular of uproot (infinitive).
- uproot, verb (infinitive).
