uproot

English Thesaurus

1. pull up by or as if by the roots (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	displace, move,
definition	:	cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense (verb.motion)

hyponym	:	stub,
definition	:	pull up (weeds) by their roots (verb.contact)

2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots (verb.creation)

hypernym	:	destroy, destruct,
definition	:	do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of (verb.creation)

3. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment (verb.social)

hypernym	:	displace,
definition	:	cause to move, usually with force or pressure (verb.motion)

4. pull up by or as if by the roots (verb.contact)

derivation	:	deracination, excision, extirpation,
definition	:	the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence (noun.act)

derivation	:	deracination, displacement,
definition	:	to move something from its natural environment (noun.act)

5. destroy completely, as if down to the roots (verb.creation)

derivation	:	deracination, excision, extirpation,
definition	:	the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence (noun.act)

derivation	:	eradication, obliteration,
definition	:	the complete destruction of every trace of something (noun.event)

derivation	:	destroyer, ruiner, undoer, uprooter, waster,
definition	:	a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to (noun.person)

derivation	:	eradicator, exterminator, terminator,
definition	:	someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) (noun.person)

6. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment (verb.social)

derivation	:	deracination, displacement,
definition	:	to move something from its natural environment (noun.act)

7. pull up by or as if by the roots (verb.contact)

derivation	:	deracination, excision, extirpation,
definition	:	the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence (noun.act)

derivation	:	deracination, displacement,
definition	:	to move something from its natural environment (noun.act)

8. destroy completely, as if down to the roots (verb.creation)

derivation	:	deracination, excision, extirpation,
definition	:	the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence (noun.act)

derivation	:	eradication, obliteration,
definition	:	the complete destruction of every trace of something (noun.event)

derivation	:	destroyer, ruiner, undoer, uprooter, waster,
definition	:	a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to (noun.person)

derivation	:	eradicator, exterminator, terminator,
definition	:	someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) (noun.person)

9. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment (verb.social)

derivation	:	deracination, displacement,
definition	:	to move something from its natural environment (noun.act)