Synonyms for uproot

Verb

1. displace, uproot, deracinate, place

usage: move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"

2. uproot, eradicate, extirpate, exterminate, destroy, destruct

usage: destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"

3. uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out, move, displace

usage: pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"