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Move Forcibly Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is UPROOT which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: UPROOT

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199%6Exact Match!
232%10 Applied pressure to move forcibly
329%5Move or push forcibly or violently.

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We think the answer is "UPROOT" which means:

    verb
  • • Move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
  • • Destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  • • Pull up by or as if by the roots

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The storm uprooted many trees in the park."
  • • "The farmer had to uproot the old weeds from his field."

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