UPROOTED Synonyms

• separated in relationship by a given degree of descent

• separate or apart in time

• having edges that are jagged from injury

• disrupted by the pull of contrary forces

• remove or force out from a position

• change place or direction

• remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied

• kill in large numbers

• destroy completely, as if down to the roots

• expel or eject without recourse to legal process

• expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process

• a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

• a passage selected from a larger work

• remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

• get despite difficulties or obstacles

• deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

• extract by the process of distillation

• separate (a metal) from an ore

• obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

• take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

• calculate the root of a number

• the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you

• the force used in pulling

• special advantage or influence

• a device used for pulling something

• a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments

• a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

• a sustained effort

• cause to move by pulling

• direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

• move into a certain direction

• apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion

• perform an act, usually with a negative connotation

• bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover

• steer into a certain direction

• strain abnormally

• cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense

• operate when rowing a boat

• rein in to keep from winning a race

• tear or be torn violently

• hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing

• strip of feathers

• remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

• take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for

• take away

• discover by investigation

• recover through digging

• move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment

• pull up by or as if by the roots

• destroy completely, as if down to the roots

• pull up by or as if by the roots

• surgically remove (an organ)

• pull up by or as if by the roots

• destroy completely, as if down to the roots

• kill in large numbers

• destroy completely, as if down to the roots

• kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many

• destroy completely, as if down to the roots