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uproot

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
uproot/ʌpˈruːt/

▶verb

1 pull (a plant, tree, etc.) out of the ground.

2 move (someone) from their home or a familiar location.

3 eradicate.

– derivatives
uprooter noun.

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