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uproot v

(transitive) To tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up. (figuratively) To destroy (something) utterly; to eradicate, exterminate. (figuratively) To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly. (intransitive, reflexive) Of oneself or someone: to move away from a familiar environment (for example, to live elsewhere). [...] (transitive) Of a pig or other animal: to dig up (something in the ground) using the snout; to rummage for (something) in the ground; to grub up, to root, to rout.

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