pulling up roots
- uprootingExtracting from the earth
- transplantingMoving living growth elsewhere
- movingEmotionally affecting
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- departureAct of going away
digging · soil · leaving · homesick · nomad · wandering · displacement · migration · severance · starting over · packing · farewell · extraction · tugging · weeds · garden · groundless · untethered
pulling up rootssettling down
Becoming stable and rooted
settling in · staying put · taking root · anchoring · nesting