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Unroot

Unroot \Un*root"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + root.] To tear up by the roots; to eradicate; to uproot.

Unroot

Unroot \Un*root"\, v. i. To be torn up by the roots.
--Beau. & Fl.

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unroot

vb. (context transitive English) To tear up by the roots; to uproot.

Usage examples of "unroot".

A thick tree trunk had been unrooted and hurled several yards, and pine trees eighteen inches thick were said to have been twisted in different directions and curled up.

She'd always seemed too restless and unrooted to take the time to clutter her life with things.

Here and there, unrooted and snapped, were some unheeded pieces of dead twig.

Reaching deeper into himself, the Supreme Overlord used his telekinetic powers to create cracks in the bulkheads and ceiling, hoping to add chunks of unrooted yorik coral to his conjured storm.

The unrooting was apparently triggered by the sun's rays falling on the single leaf atop the head, so the more objects scattered about blocked the sun's first rays, the slower one was to be freed.