uproot

tr.v., -root·ed, -root·ing, -roots.

1. To pull up (a plant and its roots) from the ground.
2. To destroy or remove completely; eradicate.
3. To force to leave an accustomed or native location.

uprootedness up·root'ed·ness n.
uprooter up·root'er n.

verb

To destroy all traces of: abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill¹, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root¹ (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, wipe out. Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to. See help/harm/harmless, make/unmake.

v

Definition: destroy; rip out of a place
Antonyms: plant, settle, sow

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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
  Synonyms: displace, deracinate

Meaning #2: destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  Synonyms: eradicate, extirpate, exterminate

Meaning #3: pull up by or as if by the roots
  Synonyms: extirpate, deracinate, root out

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - rykke op med rode, løsrive, udrydde

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontwortelen, uit vertrouwde omgeving weggaan/-rukken, vernietigen

Français (French)
v. tr. - (lit, fig) déraciner

Deutsch (German)
v. - entwurzeln, ausmerzen, herausreißen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εκριζώνω, ξεριζώνω

Italiano (Italian)
sradicare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - desarraigar, extirpar

Русский (Russian)
вырывать с корнем, корчевать, выселять, переселять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - desarraigar, eliminar, descuajar, descepar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - rycka upp med rötterna, utrota

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
连根拔起, 根除

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 連根拔起, 根除

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 뿌리째 뽑다, 근절하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 根こそぎにする, 根絶する, 追い立てる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) اقتلع, استاصل, اجتث, هدم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שירש, עקר, השמיד‬

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