Definitions:

1. destroy completely, as if down to the roots verb
   • the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted root out corruption
2. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment verb
   • The war uprooted many people
3. pull up by or as if by the roots verb
   • uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden

Synonyms:

• deracinate
• extirpate

NearBy Words:

• uprooter