American English pronunciation
How to pronounce uprooting
IPA transcription: [əp'ɹutɪŋ]
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Verb
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destroy completely, as if down to the roots
“the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted”
“root out corruption”
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move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
“The war uprooted many people”
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pull up by or as if by the roots
“uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden”