"uproot" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌʌpˈruːt/ [UK], /ˌʌpˈrut/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-uproot.wav [UK] Forms: uproot [canonical], uproots [third-person, singular], uprooted [past], uprooted [past, participle], uprooting [present, participle]
Etymology: up- + root Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|up|root}} up- + root Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you uproot something, you tear up or remove a plant by the roots. Synonyms: extirpate, deracinate
    Sense id: simple-uproot-en-verb-I7404L43
  2. If you uproot something, you destroy it. . Synonyms: eradicate, exterminate
    Sense id: simple-uproot-en-verb-YUJnnIMY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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