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uprooting

ADJECTIVE

grazing

Synonyms

STRONG

battening biting champing cropping eating feeding foraging gnawing masticating munching nibbling pasturing ruminating

NOUN

emigration

Synonyms

STRONG

colonization crossing defection departure displacement exile exodus expatriation journey leaving march movement peregrination relocation removal resettlement settling shift transplanting travel trek voyage wandering

WEAK

homesteading moving reestablishment

Antonyms

STRONG

arrival entrance

WEAK

arriving immigration remaining

NOUN

extraction

Synonyms

STRONGEST

eradication

STRONG

abstraction derivation drawing elicitation evocation expression extirpation extrication pulling separation withdrawal

WEAK

evulsion taking out wrenching wresting

Antonyms

WEAK

addition insertion introduction

NOUN

immigration

Synonyms

STRONGEST

exodus migration travel

STRONG

colonization crossing defection departure displacement exile expatriation journey leaving march movement peregrination relocation removal resettlement settling shift transmigration transplanting trek voyage wandering

WEAK

homesteading moving reestablishment

Antonyms

STRONG

entrance

Example Sentences

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Her neighbour, 71-year-old Kusum Mishra, who arrived 50 years ago, also dismissed the "petty compensation" offered, complaining that "they are uprooting us and destroying our lives."

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Remaining in an existing home has powerful appeal compared with uprooting one’s life and relocating to somewhere new and unfamiliar.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Look, the Brits needed to give Manchester some love after uprooting the show and moving north.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

Because it means moving us around, uprooting our family.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

The Puerto Rican jíbara who longed for the green quiet of a tropical afternoon was to become a hybrid who would never forgive the uprooting.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

uprooting

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