uproot
To tear up by the roots, or as if by the rootsTo tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up.
» The native population needs to be uprooted.
Meaning
5 senses(transitive)To tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up.
(figuratively, transitive)To destroy (something) utterly; to eradicate, exterminate.
(figuratively, transitive)To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.
entwurzeln
(intransitive, reflexive)Of oneself or someone: to move away from a familiar environment (for example, to live elsewhere).
(transitive)Of a pig or other animal: to dig up (something in the ground) using the snout; to rummage for (something) in the ground; to grub up, to root, to rout.
- pull up by or as if by the roots
- destroy completely, as if down to the roots
- move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
Examples
15 sentencesThe native population needs to be uprooted.
The storm uprooted a lot of trees.
deDer Sturm hat viele Bäume entwurzelt. — Melang
The wind uprooted a lot of trees.
ruВетер вырвал с корнем много деревьев. — odexed
deDer Wind hat viele Bäume entwurzelt. — samueldora
Many trees were uprooted by the wind.
deViele Bäume wurden vom Wind entwurzelt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The windstorm blew away roofs and uprooted many trees.
ruУраган посносил крыши и вырвал с корнем много деревьев. — odexed
deDer Sturm wehte Dächer weg und entwurzelte viele Bäume. — al_ex_an_der
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From up- (prefix indicating a higher direction or position) + root (“of a pig or other aFrom up- (prefix indicating a higher direction or position) + root (“of a pig or other animal: to dig or turn up with the snout; to search as if by digging in soil, rummage”, verb). Root is derived from Middle English wroten (“to dig or turn up with the snout; to remove soil, dig up”), from Old English wrōtan (“to dig or turn up with the snout”), from Proto-Germanic *wrōtaną (“to dig or turn up with the snout”); further etymology uncertain.
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Forms
uproots, uprooting, uprooted, uprootedSynonyms
61 synonyms- pull up by or as if by the roots:extirpatederacinateroot out
- destroy completely, as if down to the roots:eradicateextirpateroot outexterminate
- move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment:deracinate
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle