uproot
(verb)
verb
1. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
- The war uprooted many people
Similar word(s): deracinate
Definition categories: social, displace
2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots
- the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted
Similar word(s): eradicate, exterminate, extirpate
Definition categories: creation, destroy, destruct
3. pull up by or as if by the roots
- uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden
Similar word(s): deracinate, extirpate