uproot

/ˌʌpˈɹuːt/

verb

To tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up. / (figuratively) To destroy (something) utterly; to eradicate, exterminate.

He decided to uproot the old tree in his backyard.

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意味（1）

To tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up.

Mark me! the Lord's hand is stretched out, and will not be withdrawn until his nest be turned up, even as the plough uprooteth and scattereth the nest of the field-mouse and the blind mole; […]

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意味（2）

(figuratively) To destroy (something) utterly; to eradicate, exterminate.

[B]ravely bearing on, thy will / Is destined an eternal war to wage / With tyranny and falshood, and uproot / The germs of misery from the human heart.

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意味（3）

(figuratively) To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.

[H]ave ye a Sultan who ruleth over you and is tyrannical in his rule and under whose hand you are; one who, if any of you commit an offence, taketh his goods and ruineth him and who, whenas he will, turneth you out of house and home and uprooteth you, stock and branch?

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意味（4）

(intransitive, reflexive) Of oneself or someone: to move away from a familiar environment (for example, to live elsewhere).

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