Synonyms of uproot
59 similar words
Another word for uproot is unroot. Other synonyms of uproot are rout and deracinate.
Synonyms and similar words for uproot
verbTo tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up.
- deracinateTo pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
- disrootTo uproot (tear up from the roots).
- grub upTo pull (something) up by the roots; to uproot.
- outrootTo extirpate, to uproot.
- routUsually followed by out or up: to dig or pull up (a plant) by the roots; to extirpate, to uproot.
- unrootTo tear up by the roots; to uproot.
verbTo destroy (something) utterly; to eradicate, exterminate.
- annihilate
- obliterateTo destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
- destroy
- aerosolize
- atomize
- bewreckTo wreck completely; ruin; destroy.
- blot out
- blotto
- dashTo ruin; to destroy.
- decompose
- demolish
- desolateTo devastate or lay waste somewhere.
- devastate
- diffuse
- disintegrate
- disperseTo break up and disappear; to dissipate.
- dissolve
- eliminateTo completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
- eradicateTo pull up by the roots.
- erase
- exterminateTo kill or otherwise permanently eliminate all of (a population, often of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.
- extinguishTo put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.
- extirpateTo pull up by the roots; uproot.
- fuck vulgarTo break, to destroy.
- harryTo strip, lay waste, ravage.
- jazz
- lay wasteTo completely destroy, especially of a geographical area or region.
- level
- liquidateTo kill (someone), usually violently, and especially for some ideological or political aim; to assassinate, to murder...
- nukeTo destroy or erase completely.
- overturn
- pull down
- pulverizeAmerican and Oxford British spelling of pulverise.
- razeTo completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remove from...
- ravageTo devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.
- remove
- ruinTo destroy or render something no longer usable or operable.
- ruinate
- stamp out
- total
- subvertTo overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
- unbreed figuratively
- unexist
- unmakeTo destroy or take apart; to cause (a made article) to lose its nature.
- waste
- wipe out
- wipe off
- wreck
- benothing obsolete, rareTo reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- fordo obsolete
- overthrow rare
- race obsoleteTo level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.
- ravel obsoleteTo destroy or ruin (something), like unravelling fabric.
Meaning of uproot
- verb To tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up.
- verb To destroy (something) utterly; to eradicate, exterminate.
- verb To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.
uproot in other languages
Questions about synonyms of uproot
- What is another word for uproot?
- Uproot has 59 synonyms on Word.ws, such as unroot, rout and deracinate.
- What does uproot mean?
- Uproot means to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up.
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