Associations to the word «Uproot»
Wiktionary
UPROOT, verb. To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate.
UPROOT, verb. (by extension) To remove utterly; to eradicate.
Dictionary definition
UPROOT, verb. Move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people".
UPROOT, verb. Destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption".
UPROOT, verb. Pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.