uproots
Pulls from ground
Uproots means to pull something up by the roots, literally or figuratively.
You uproot a plant from the ground or uproot a family by forcing them to leave their home: The war uprooted millions of refugees.
To uproot a problem or practice is to eliminate it completely: efforts to uproot corruption in the department.
Removes from usual place
- dislodgesRemoves from position
- evictsExpels from property
- expelsRemoves by force
- oustsForcibly removes from position
removes · banishes · deports · ejects · dispossesses · exiles · relocates · transplants
Draws toward oneself
- digsInformal term for home
- excavatesDigs out from ground
- unearthsExcavates and reveals
- yanksPulls abruptly
wrenches · removes · extracts · lifts · hauls · tugs · detaches · loosens
Inherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- homelandOne's native land
- identityWho someone is
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
belonging · disconnection · alienation · estrangement · severance · detachment · loss · separation
Undermines steadiness or equilibrium
- overturnsInvalidates or topples
- upendsTurns upside down
- dismantlesTakes something apart systematically
- overthrowsForcibly removes from power
topples · unsettles · shakes · disturbs · transforms · revolutionizes · overhauls · restructures
People seeking safety elsewhere
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- resettlementReestablishing in new place
expatriation · exodus · departure · nomadism · asylum seekers · displaced persons · relocation · repatriation
displaces
Removes from usual place
ousts · removes · banishes · deports · ejects · dispossesses · exiles · relocates · transplants · dislocates
pulls
Draws toward oneself
yanks · wrenches · removes · extracts · lifts · hauls · tugs · detaches · loosens · dislodges
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
traditions · belonging · disconnection · alienation · estrangement · severance · detachment · loss · separation · disaffiliation
destabilizes
Undermines steadiness or equilibrium
- overturnsInvalidates or topples
- upendsTurns upside down
- dismantlesTakes something apart systematically
overthrows · topples · unsettles · shakes · disturbs · transforms · revolutionizes · overhauls · restructures · dismembers
refugees
People seeking safety elsewhere
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
resettlement · expatriation · exodus · departure · nomadism · asylum seekers · displaced persons · relocation · repatriation · settlement
uprootsplants
Photosynthesizing rooted organisms
sows · roots · cultivates · beds · seeds
- uprooted treesTrees pulled from ground