uproot

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: up=root
• COUNT in NET: 11 in 11 verses (in OT : 10 in 10 verses) (in NT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

uproot, v. t. 

 To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.  [1913 Webster]
"Trees uprooted left their place."  [1913 Webster]
"At his command the uprooted hills retired."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

uproot, v.tr.
1 pull (a plant etc.) up from the ground.
2 displace (a person) from an accustomed location.
3 eradicate, destroy.

Derivative

uprooter n.

THESAURUS

uproot

abate, abolish, annihilate, avulse, banish, blot out, buck off, cut out, demolish, depose, deracinate, destroy, devastate, dig out, dig up, disentangle, dislodge, dismount, displace, draw, draw out, dredge, dredge up, eliminate, eradicate, evolve, evulse, excavate, excise, exile, exsect, exterminate, extirpate, extract, extricate, get out, gouge out, grub up, kill, liquidate, mine, move, overthrow, overturn, pick out, pluck out, pluck up, pull, pull out, pull up, purge, quarry, rake out, ravage, remove, replace, rip out, root out, root up, ruin, shift, subvert, supersede, supplant, sweep away, take out, tear out, throw off, transfer, transplant, unearth, unhorse, unplace, unravel, unsaddle, unseat, weed out, wipe out, withdraw, wrest out

ROGET THESAURUS

uproot

Extraction

VB extract, draw, take out, draw out, pull out, tear out, pluck out, pick out, get out, wring from, wrench, extort, root up, weed up, grub up, rake up, root out, weed out, grub out, rake out, eradicate, pull up by the roots, pluck up by the roots, averruncate, unroot, uproot, pull up, extirpate, dredge, remove, educe, elicit, evolve, extricate, eliminate, eviscerate, express, squeeze out, press out.