Dictionary Check: uproot

"uproot" is a valid word!

Scrabble 8 points
Words with Friends 10 points

Definition

verb

move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment

Example: "The war uprooted many people"
Synonyms:
verb

destroy completely, as if down to the roots

Example: "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
verb

pull up by or as if by the roots

Example: "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

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