definition of
[uproot]

[1] #1 uproot v. [deracinate] move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people". wn

[2] #2 uproot v. [eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate] destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption". wn

[3] #3 uproot v. [extirpate, deracinate, root out] pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden". wn