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uproot
/əpˈɹut/ · 6 letters · 5 distinct letters
- verb
move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
The war uprooted many people
- verb
destroy completely, as if down to the roots
the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted
- verb
pull up by or as if by the roots
uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden