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