Powerful winds on Earth can uproot trees, toss over cars, and destroy houses.
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Uproot
/ˌʌpˈɹuːt/
Synonyms for "uproot" (103 found)
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Verb(4 words)
abateabolishannihilateavulsebanishblot outbuckbuck offcut outdemolishdeposederacinatedestroydevastatedig outdig updisentangle
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5 entriescultural dislocationhome displacementorganizational disruptionsapling removalweed removal
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5 entriesroot removalroot systemsoil disruptionuprooted plantuprooting process
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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 the Lord's hand is stretched out, and will not be withdrawn until his nest be turned up, even as the plough uprooteth and scattereth the nest of the field-mouse and the blind mole; […]
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[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.
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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.
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