Definitions for uproots

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uproots up·root

Spelling: [uhp-root, -roo t]

IPA: /ʌpˈrut, -ˈrʊt/

Uproots is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 177 anagrams from letters in uproots (ooprstu).

Definitions for uproots

verb (used with object)

1. to pull out by or as if by the roots:
2. to remove violently or tear away from a native place or environment:
3. to destroy or eradicate as if by pulling out roots:
4. to displace, as from a home or country; tear away, as from customs or a way of life:

verb (used without object)

1. to become uprooted.

Origin of uproots

First recorded in 1610-20; up- + root²

Examples for uproots

His whole object is to check those actions and uproot that apathy.

Grunty Pig meant to uproot the apple tree where they had their nest.

Or, to be on the safe side, I'll say he could uproot your tree in ninety-nine summers.

Nor did these efforts in any way “uproot” or “displace” Palestinian society.

Not everyone has the resources to uproot themselves and move to a "right to die" state, as Brittany and her family have done.

It would be enormously disruptive, and unpopular, to uproot them over night.

This should not discourage the grower or cause him to uproot his trees.

On the bucket of a bulldozer that had been previously used to uproot the trees in Gezi Park it says, “ I am Free!”

How long do you think it will take Grunty Pig to uproot our tree?

There was no real reason to leave Austria, Freud believed, so why uproot the entire family?