uproot meaning and definition

UPROOT verb

Definition of uproot (verb)

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