"uprooting" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: uprootings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} uprooting (plural uprootings)
  1. A tearing up.
    Sense id: en-uprooting-en-noun-pwi1toK5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} uprooting
  1. present participle and gerund of uproot Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: uproot
    Sense id: en-uprooting-en-verb-tVSeBXtV

Inflected forms

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