uprooters
Those who displace
Uprooters are people or things that uproot—that pull something up by the roots or displace it from an established position.
The word applies literally to tools or workers removing plants, and figuratively to forces that displace people or disrupt settled ways: The war made uprooters of millions.
Colonial policies were deliberate uprooters of indigenous culture.
People seeking safety elsewhere
- migrantsPeople who move elsewhere
- exilesBanished persons
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- dispossessedDeprived of home or land
evacuees · deportees · expatriates · displaced · resettlement · relocation · eviction · expulsion
Flat blade for spreading
- spadeFlat-bladed digging implement
- transplantingMoving living growth elsewhere
- weedingExtracting undesired vegetation
- seedlingsNewly germinated plants
horticulture · soil · cultivator · hoe · dividing · propagation · perennials · bulbs
Machine that digs earth
- bulldozerBladed vehicle pushing earth
- backhoeHinged-arm excavating machine
- trencherWooden food board
- diggerOne who unearths
loader · tractor · crane · grader · hydraulic · auger · ripper · earthmover
Act of removing
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
- pullingForce toward oneself
- dislodgingFreeing from fixed position
clearing · deforestation · stumps · grubbing · stripping · plucking · displacing · detaching
Those seeking systemic overthrow
- disruptorsThose who destabilize systems
- reformersAdvocates for institutional improvement
- activistsPeople working for causes
- agitatorsThose who incite disturbance
radicals · innovators · iconoclasts · trailblazers · pioneers · insurgents · dissidents · transformation
refugees
People seeking safety elsewhere
dispossessed · evacuees · deportees · expatriates · displaced · resettlement · relocation · eviction · expulsion · banishment
trowel
Flat blade for spreading
- spadeFlat-bladed digging implement
- transplantingMoving living growth elsewhere
- weedingExtracting undesired vegetation
seedlings · horticulture · soil · cultivator · hoe · dividing · propagation · perennials · bulbs · compost
excavator
Machine that digs earth
digger · loader · tractor · crane · grader · hydraulic · auger · ripper · earthmover · dozer
extraction
Act of removing
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
- pullingForce toward oneself
dislodging · clearing · deforestation · stumps · grubbing · stripping · plucking · displacing · detaching · severing
revolutionaries
Those seeking systemic overthrow
- disruptorsThose who destabilize systems
- reformersAdvocates for institutional improvement
- activistsPeople working for causes
agitators · radicals · innovators · iconoclasts · trailblazers · pioneers · insurgents · dissidents · transformation · upheaval
uprootersplanters
Vessels for cultivating vegetation
seeders · sowers · tree planters · replanters · transplanters
uprooterssettlers
Those who establish homes
establishers · implanters · rooters · anchors · stabilizers
uprootersgrowers
Those who raise plants
preservers · conservers · maintainers · cultivators · nurturers
- uprooted treesTrees pulled from ground