uproot

Meaning

Verb

1. To tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up.
2. To destroy (something) utterly; to eradicate, exterminate.
3. To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.
4. Of oneself or someone: to move away from a familiar environment (for example, to live elsewhere).

Noun

The act of uprooting something.

Synonyms

eradicate

extirpate

pull out

root out

deracinate

pull up

destroy

exterminate

extract

remove

dig up

tear out

pull

weed

pluck

stub

abolish

stamp out

dig out

break loose

annihilate

clear

pluck out

raise

break

act of uprooting

root

unsheathe

wipe out

withdraw

pull up by the roots

root up

unbury

rummage around

wrench out

break open

cleave

disinter

draw up

eliminate

erase

expose

fall over

give

grub

jump

kill

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poke

promote

redeem

rout

snap

splinter

split

stir up

take off

tear off

thrust

uncover

unearth

unroot

Hyphenated as

up‧root

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌʌpˈɹuːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: rote

Inherited from Old English: rōt

Inherited from Middle English: wroten

Inherited from Old English: wrōtan

In summary

PIE word
*wréh₂ds
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”).