Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To pull up (a plant and its roots) from the ground.
- transitive verb To destroy or remove completely; eradicate.
- transitive verb To force to leave an accustomed or native location.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To root up; tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; remove utterly; eradicate; extirpate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to
extirpate . - verb by extension To remove utterly; to
eradicate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb pull up by or as if by the roots
- verb move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
- verb destroy completely, as if down to the roots
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Examples
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President Sam Nujoma to "uproot" homosexuality from Namibia, calling it a "foreign and corrupt ideology".
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The official said Sunday the special units will operate in four provinces believed to house senior al-Qaida leaders in a bid to "uproot" terrorism from Yemen.
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The Yemeni official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the plan with reporters, said his country is setting up the localized anti-terrorism units to engage al-Qaida operatives in their own strongholds and "uproot" terrorism from
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The official said Sunday the special units will operate in four provinces believed to house senior al-Qaida leaders in a bid to "uproot" terrorism from Yemen.
SFGate: Top News Stories AHMED AL-HAJ 2010
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The official said Sunday the special units will operate in four provinces believed to house senior al-Qaida leaders in a bid to "uproot" terrorism from Yemen.
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Pakistani soldiers were launched on a long-awaited ground offensive to "uproot" Al-Qaeda and the Afghan border yesterday.
WN.com - Articles related to Pakistan army's invasion is a rough road much travelled 2009
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Pakistani soldiers were launched on a long-awaited ground offensive to "uproot" Al-Qaeda and the Pakistani troops backed by fighter jets launched a major operation against the
WN.com - Articles related to 24 killed in Pakistan militants' guerilla warfare campaign 2009
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Pakistani soldiers were launched on a long-awaited ground offensive to "uproot" Al-Qaeda and the Pakistani troops backed by fighter jets launched a major operation against the
WN.com - Articles related to 24 killed in Pakistan militants' guerilla warfare campaign 2009
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As Israel rolls into Gaza, what are the Jewish and Israeli communities remembering about the IDF's previous ill-fated incursions to "uproot" and "destroy the terrorist infrastructure" while "minimizing civilian casualties"?
Jewschool 2009
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Pakistani soldiers were launched on a long-awaited ground offensive to "uproot" Al-Qaeda and the Afghan border yesterday.
WN.com - Articles related to Pakistan army's invasion is a rough road much travelled 2009
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