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View definitions for uprooting

uprooting

adjective as in grazing

noun as in extraction

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A widespread uprooting of families and innocents as a heedless and heartless deportation policy drives a scythe through immigrant communities.

He was angry that I even considered uprooting our empty nest for such a pursuit.

From Salon

Some species are specially protected against picking, uprooting, damage and sale under the Wildlife and Countryside Act.

From BBC

The Students, as their name translates to in their native Pashto, achieved what decades of foreign occupation could not, uprooting poppy fields with tractors and rounding up opioid users into jail-like detox.

From Salon

The Lebanese group, working in concert with Israeli soldiers, was accused of torturing and killing compatriots, forcibly conscripting males over the age of 15 and uprooting families who refused.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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