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uproot

[uhp-root, -root] / ʌpˈrut, -ˈrʊt /


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To work for peace is to uproot war from ourselves and from the hearts of men and women.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

Efforts to help the crisis-hit industry include the government's latest 130-million-euro "arrachage" fund that opened last Friday, offering subsidies to loss-making owners to uproot their vines.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Most are followed by restorations, social consciousness being harder to uproot than political structures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

Deep was targeted by Brook, but held his line to uproot middle stump when Brook aimed the needless sweep.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2025

It was impossible, of course, to ignore the crosses, and each morning Jerry G. and Horsethief Shorty, occasionally aided by Bernabe Montoya and the state cops, had to uproot a dozen epitaphs.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols