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uproot

verb /əprut/ 2 syllables 6 letters Scrabble 8 WWF 10
Definitions
verb

destroy completely, as if down to the roots

“the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted”

verb

pull up by or as if by the roots

“uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden”

verb

move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment

“The war uprooted many people”

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