Up-ro͞ot', v. t.

[imp. & p. p. UPROOTED; p. pr. & vb. n. UPROOTING.] [From up and root.] To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to eradicate; to deracinate; to remove utterly.

Trees uprooted left their place. Dryden.

At his command the uprooted hills retire. Milton.