Powerful winds on Earth can uproot trees, toss over cars, and destroy houses.
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Uproot
//ˌʌpˈɹuːt//
Synonyms for "uproot" (147 found)
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Closest matches (30)
Strong matches (44)
Related words (73)
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Translations
38 translations across 17 languages.
Assamese
2 entries- উঘাল verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
- উভাল verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
Bulgarian
4 entries- изкореня verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
- изкоренявам verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
- изтръгвам verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
- изтръгвам verb (to remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance)
Catalan
4 entries- arrencar verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
- desarrelar verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
- desarrelar verb (to remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance)
- extirpar verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
Estonian
1 entries- juurima verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
Finnish
1 entries- juuria verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
Galician
3 entries- arrancar verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
- arrigar verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
- arrincar verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
German
1 entries- entwurzeln verb (to remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance)
Hebrew
2 entries- עָקַר verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
- שֵׁרַשׁ verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
Hindi
1 entries- उखाड़ना verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
Latin
1 entries- ērādīcō verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
Macedonian
2 entries- иско́рени verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
- о́ткорне verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
Magahi
1 entries- 𑂍𑂥𑂰𑂚𑂩𑂪 verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
Māori
1 entries- ranga verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
Polish
2 entries- wykorzeniać verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
- wykorzenić verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
Spanish
4 entries- desarraigar verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
- desarraigar verb (to remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance)
- descepar verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
- desenraizar verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
Tumbuka
1 entries- kuzgura verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
Turkish
1 entries- köklemek verb (to tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Mark me! the Lord's hand is stretched out, and will not be withdrawn until his nest be turned up, even as the plough uprooteth and scattereth the nest of the field-mouse and the blind mole; […]
Source: wiktionary
[S]he and Mr. Joseph Tuggs, and Miss Charlotta Tuggs, and Mr. Cymon Tuggs, with their eight feet in a corresponding number of yellow shoes, seated themselves on four rush-bottomed chairs, which, being placed in a soft part of the sand, forthwith sunk down some two feet and a half. […] Mr. Cymon, by an exertion of great personal strength, uprooted the chairs, and removed them further back.
Source: wiktionary
Thou shakest the earth with the thunder of thy terror, and uprootest the huge oaks on the highest hills with the echo of thy voice.
Source: wiktionary
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