uproot
werkwoord
1 uproot
Move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment:
— The war uprooted many people.
synoniem: deracinate.
2 uproot
Destroy completely, as if down to the roots:
— The vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted.
synoniemen: eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, root out.
Roget 301: extract, draw; take out, draw out, pull out, tear out, pluck out, pick out, get out; wring from, wrench; extort; root up, weed up, ... meer laten zien
Nederlands: ontwortelen, uitgeroeid, ontworteld, verdelgen
3 uproot
Pull up by or as if by the roots:
— Uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden.
synoniemen: deracinate, extirpate, root out.
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: abate, abolish, annihilate, avulse, banish, blot out, buck off, cut out, demolish, depose, deracinate, destroy, devastate, dig out, dig up, disentangle, dislodge, dismount, displace, draw ... meer laten zien.
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