move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; The war uprooted many people

[ Syn: deracinate ]

destroy completely, as if down to the roots; the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted root out corruption

[ Syn: eradicate , extirpate , root out , exterminate ]

pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden

[ Syn: extirpate , deracinate , root out ]