uproot : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: uproot	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for uproot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
uproot v move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people" Synonym(s): uproot, deracinate destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption" Synonym(s): uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" Synonym(s): uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Uproot \Up*root"\, v. t. To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate. Trees uprooted left their place. --Dryden. At his command the uprooted hills retired. --Milton.