uproot
verb
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Synonyms for uproot
Synonyms
corkscrew, extract, prize, pry, pull, root (out), tear (out), wrest, wring, yank
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In 2013, the Pulte family opposed the controversial decision by the company's management to uproot PulteGroup from Bloomfield Hills and relocate its headquarters to Atlanta. — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit millionaire Bill Pulte: I'm not giving away my inheritance on Twitter," 29 Aug. 2019 Technologists began building services to uproot entrenched power structures and create new ways for society to function. — Mike Isaac, New York Times, "How Uber Got Lost," 24 Aug. 2019 Aladin and Laura, who celebrated their one-year wedding anniversary last week, star in the TLC reality series, which follows six Americans who are uprooting their lives and moving abroad to live with their significant others. — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, "90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way's Laura Upsets Aladin by Showing Him a Sex Toy," 26 July 2019 Sapphires were discovered here seven years ago, and by 2016, tens of thousands of Madagascans had flooded in, illegally uprooting trees and diverting streams in hopes of finding gemstones to help lift them out of poverty. — Paul Tullis, National Geographic, "How the sapphire trade is driving lemurs toward extinction," 6 Mar. 2019 At some point, however, the Maya abandoned this temple complex, uprooted the heart of the kingdom and moved to a new location, about a half-mile downhill. — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, "The Lost World of the Maya is Finally Emerging From the Jungle," 7 Feb. 2019 Such entrenched abuse takes years to uproot, said attorney Joshua Tepfer, who represented a man who had his murder conviction thrown out last year by Milan over allegations that detectives with ties to Burge abused him into confessing. — Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, "Judge decides Kim Foxx’s office can handle cases involving alleged torture by Jon Burge, detectives," 8 July 2019 Many Californians still live in wooded areas with few ways out and don’t want to uproot their lives to move to less fire-prone places. — Katy Steinmetz/ukiah, Time, "California Is Stepping Up Fire Prevention Efforts—But It Hasn't Fixed One of the Biggest Problems," 2 July 2019 Faced with a steep rent hike three years ago in San Jose, Monisha Murray was forced to uproot her vintage clothing store and move to a new location in the city. — Leonardo Castañeda, The Mercury News, "In Bay Area, small retail struggles while tech booms," 9 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'uproot.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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