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uproot

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uproot in WordNet English dictionary

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