Uproot - Definition

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