0%

All uproot synonyms

up·root
U u

verb uproot

  • displace — to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
  • weeded — a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
  • deracinate — to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; extirpate
  • displant — to dislodge.
  • eradicate — Destroy completely; put an end to.
  • offed — so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off.
  • ferret — a narrow tape or ribbon, as of silk or cotton, used for binding, trimming, etc.
  • dredge up — Also called dredging machine. any of various powerful machines for dredging up or removing earth, as from the bottom of a river, by means of a scoop, a series of buckets, a suction pipe, or the like.
  • cart off — to carry or remove brusquely or by force
  • junking — Present participle of junk.
  • avulse — to remove or take away by force
  • weeds — a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
  • carry away — to remove forcefully
  • junked — Simple past tense and past participle of junk.
  • grub — the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.
  • clear away — When you clear things away or clear away, you put away the things that you have been using, especially for eating or cooking.
  • catheterize — to insert a catheter into
  • ferreting — a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
  • mow down — to cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.
  • weed — Thurlow [thur-loh] /ˈθɜr loʊ/ (Show IPA), 1797–1882, U.S. journalist and politician.
  • disestablish — to deprive of the character of being established; cancel; abolish.
  • hit upon — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
  • expulse — To expel.
  • heave ho — an act or effort of heaving.
  • extract — Remove or take out, especially by effort or force.
  • catch on — If you catch on to something, you understand it, or realize that it is happening.
  • graze — to touch or rub something lightly, or so as to produce slight abrasion, in passing: to graze against a rough wall.
  • dislodge — to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
  • blot out — If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen.
  • offing — the state or fact of being off.
  • carry off — If you carry something off, you do it successfully.
  • dig out — to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
  • heave-ho — an act of rejection, dismissal, or forcible ejection: The bartender gave the noisy drunk the old heave-ho.
  • carried away — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?