uprooted

Speech parts

1. uprooted - Adjective

2. uprooted - Verb

Meaning

uprooted

simple past and past participle of uproot

(of a plant) Having been fully removed, including the roots.

(figuratively, by extension) Having been removed from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.

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Examples

Across town, deep in the Sayidka camp, resident Yusuf Ibrahim contemplated being uprooted yet again. Source: Internet

By the end of the 19th century, most of the island's vineyards had been uprooted, and many were converted to sugar cane production. Source: Internet

At its peak, more than 60,000 properties experienced power outages across WA while roofs were torn off buildings and many trees were uprooted. Source: Internet

It uprooted trees, destroyed crops and homes and caused flooding and landslides. Source: Internet

In Acworth, Georgia, a man died when a large oak tree was uprooted and fell through the corner of a mobile home, and in Gwinnett County, Georgia, two people were killed when a tree fell on their house, pinning them inside, authorities said. Source: Internet

Few of the forests are fully mature because of previous overcutting and also because of several violent storms during the 1960s, which snapped or uprooted millions of trees. Source: Internet

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