UPROOT

uproot. Uproot, v.t. to root up, grub up, tear up, destroy

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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.