up·rootˌ əpˈro͞ot,ˌəpˈro͝ot/
verb
past tense: uprooted; past participle: uprooted
1. pull (something, especially a tree or plant) out of the ground.
“the elephant’s trunk is powerful enough to uproot trees”
| synonyms: | pull up, root out, rip out; literary deracinate “don’t uproot the flowers” |
2. move (someone) from their home or a familiar location.
“my father traveled constantly and uprooted his family several times”
| synonyms: | displace, expel, drive out, evict, deport “hundreds of families were uprooted” |
