pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted
If you uproot yourself or if you are uprooted, you leave, or are made to leave, a place where you have lived for a long time. the trauma of uprooting themselves from their homes He had no wish to uproot Dena from her present home. refugees who were uprooted during Ethiopia's civil war
If someone uproots a tree or plant, or if the wind uproots it, it is pulled out of the ground. fallen trees which have been uprooted by the storm. uprooted trees