UPROOT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of uproot in English

(Definition of uproot from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of uproot

uproot
Windstorms that cause tree uprooting on particularly unsteady soils as well as periodic strong runoffs contribute to create or maintain a local hummock-hollow topography.
The number of trees that had uprooted, snapped or died standing was then calculated for each subplot.
The buildings in this area were demolished and several hundred families were uprooted as a consequence.
Farmers start with seedlings 50-60 days old, planting them densely and often several days after uprooting from seedbeds.
Likewise, land privatisation and labour creation reforms uprooted pre-liberal land systems based on communal ownership and the protection of ecclesiastical properties.
Most gaps were formed by the fall of trees, due either to trunk-snapping (53 individuals) or to uprooting (35 individuals).
Wild but populous, filled with people uprooted from their original homes, it is a place where strangers continually meet.
Not all structures of dominance can be uprooted by reinterpretation of the religious texts.
Many of its own people have been displaced by civil war or uprooted by drought or flood.
By the 1920s, the owners of large estates had uprooted the black peasantry and superseded white subsistence farmers, assuming control over food production.
Trees can die standing, be snapped off, or be uprooted.
As from 1980, planters received compensation to cover land preparation costs and monthly financial assistance from the time of uprooting to the time of harvest.
The proximate causes of uprooting are predominantly physical.
However, as their efforts originated in their nostalgia for their former homes, memories of uprooting continued to haunt them.
When stands were mature, plant samples from an area of 0.5 m2 were uprooted for yield component and quality analysis.
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Translations of uproot

in Chinese (Traditional)
植物, 將…連根拔起, 人…
in Chinese (Simplified)
植物, 将…连根拔起, 人…
in Spanish
arrancar de raíz, desarraigar, arrancar…
in Portuguese
desarraigar, desenraizar…
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in Russian
kökünden sökmek, yerinden yurdundan etmek, doğup büyüdüğü yerden kovmak/uzaklaştırmak…
déraciner…
met wortel en al uittrekken…
vytrhnout i s kořeny…
rykke op med rod…
mencabut…
ถอนต้นไม้…
nhổ bật rễ…
wyrywać (z korzeniami ), wysiedlać, wykorzenić…
rycka upp med rötterna…
mencabut…
ausreißen…
rykke opp med rota…
виривати з коренем, викорінювати…
вырывать с корнем, заставлять кого-либо покинуть родные места…
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