unroot

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Torre Guaceto is a 5,000-acre wildlife preserve populated with some of the oldest trees in all of Italy, so gnarled and twisted they looked as if they could unroot themselves and stumble away.

From New York Times • May 22, 2015

So the Master may not scorn Our awkwardness, as with these bungling hands We try to unroot the ill, and plant with good Life's barren soil: the child is learning use.

From The Optimist's Good Morning by Perin, Florence Hobart

Christianity could not unroot itself now, though every trace of evidential miracle should have vanished.

From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas

The causes that unroot these weeds at depths where it is generally thought the sea is but slightly agitated, are not sufficiently known.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina

You will find it less easy to unroot faults than to choke them by gaining virtues.

From Thoughts for the Quiet Hour by Various