unroot

verb

un·​root

¦ən+

transitive verb

: to tear up by the roots : eradicate, uproot

intransitive verb

: to become uprooted

Word History

Etymology

Middle English unrooten, from un- entry 2 + rooten to root

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

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