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Meanings of uprooting in English

Spanish
desarraigo
Catalan
desarrelament

Loss of social and familial roots.

Related terms
desarraigo
Usage of uprooting in English
1
Yet Knox did not succeed in uprooting the Catholic faith in Ireland.
History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the Frenc...
2
No straighter conscience than his, or even more persistent in uprooting error.
Saint Augustin
3
It also hit Taiwan and Japan, uprooting trees and injuring several people.
Radio NZ
4
The storm caused damage on Lifou, ripping off roofs and uprooting trees.
Radio NZ
5
Ask for something easier than the instantaneous uprooting of all these bamboos.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan
6
The storm caused massive damage to property, uprooting trees and damaging vehicles.
The South African
7
Dragging out the next words was like uprooting pieces of his soul.
Bundori
8
I could hear the sounds of the mighty tusks uprooting huge trees!
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
9
What an uprooting of all the sacred ties of home and family!
The Woman Thou Gavest Me; Being the Story of Mary O'Neill
10
Labour say the plans risk uprooting families and making people homeless.
BBC
11
The technology is already uprooting whole industries, such is its power.
The Guardian
12
Great deal of bitterness when aviator sawed down tree instead of uprooting it.
The new yorker
13
The clerical establishment aims at uprooting moderate opposition by using the post-election unrest.
Reuters
14
The uprooting of idolatry was ever the price of his mercy.
Mahomet, Founder of Islam
15
And, as always, in the uprooting of evil, some unlucky innocent must suffer.
The Rules of the Game
16
But why, in uprooting the false, uproot also the beautiful and the true?
Literary and General Lectures and Essays
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Translations for uprooting
Spanish
desarraigo
Uprooting through the time
Uprooting across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common