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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
up·root    Audio Help   [uhp-root, -root] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to pull out by or as if by the roots: The hurricane uprooted many trees and telephone poles.
2.to remove violently or tear away from a native place or environment: The industrial revolution uprooted large segments of the rural population.
3.to destroy or eradicate as if by pulling out roots: The conquerors uprooted many of the native traditions.
4.to displace, as from a home or country; tear away, as from customs or a way of life: to uproot a people.
–verb (used without object)
5.to become uprooted.
[Origin: 1610–20; up- + root2]

—Related forms
up·root·ed·ness, noun
up·root·er, noun

—Synonyms 3. extirpate, banish, eliminate, remove.
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Thesaurus Entries
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  annihilate
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To destroy all traces of.
Synonyms:  abolish, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root, rub out, snuff out, stamp out, wipe out
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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