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 ]