Words / B2

up-ROOT/ˌʌpˈruːt/

To uproot is to force a person or community to leave their home; also to pull a plant out of the ground: uprooted from; uproot a tree. Displace is a close human-geography twin; evacuate is often temporary. Families uprooted in the source still need the year and the named place. Mix-up: uproot vs uproar (this batch); uproot vs root out (destroy completely); do not write uproot for a weekend move to a new flat by choice unless the source stresses forced loss of home.

Meaning

To force a person or community to leave their home; also to pull a plant out of the ground.

Examples

• “Families uprooted in the source still need the year and the named place, the geography paper said.”
• “Uproot the sample in the ecology method only as instructed, which is the plant sense — quote the species.”

Good to know

uprooted from; uproot a tree / a community. Close: displace / pull up. Trap: uproar / a chosen house move with no force. Geography, history, and biology. Forced from home, or a plant pulled out — name the place or the species.

Near in meaning

displace, pull up, deracinate

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