uproot

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verb

1. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment (Freq. 1)
- The war uprooted many people
• Syn:
deracinate
• Derivationally related forms:
deracination (for: deracinate)
• Hypernyms:
displace
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
2. pull up by or as if by the roots
- uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden
• Syn:
extirpate, deracinate, root out
• Derivationally related forms:
deracination (for: deracinate), extirpation (for: extirpate)
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
stub
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. destroy completely, as if down to the roots
- the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption
• Syn:
eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate
• Derivationally related forms:
extirpation (for: extirpate), eradication (for: eradicate), eradicator (for: eradicate), uprooter
• Hypernyms:
destroy, destruct
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  extirpate, deracinate, root out, eradicate, exterminate