unplanting

Verb

unplant (third-person singular simple present unplants, present participle unplanting, simple past and past participle unplanted)

1. (transitive) To dig up and remove (something planted).
   • But if you then decide you can afford to plant the trees anyway, whatever the effect on the landscape, flora and fauna, nobody can stop you — and again, no-one is going to ask you to unplant them once they're in the ground.1986, Scottish Field, volume 132, page xx