uproot, v.
(uprooted, uprooting, uproots)
freq. cnt. 1
(uprooted, uprooting, uproots)
freq. cnt. 1
move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
deracinate uproot
sample sentences
"The war uprooted many people"verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomething ----s somebody
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derivationally related form
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hypernym
pull up by or as if by the roots
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
deracinate extirpate root out uproot
sample sentences
"uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
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destroy completely, as if down to the roots
<verb.creation> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
eradicate exterminate extirpate root out uproot
sample sentences
"the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted""root out corruption"
verb frames
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym