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uproot

/ˌʌpˈruːt/verb

उच्चारण अप्रूट

उखाड़ना, जड़ से उखाड़ना

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verb
  1. 1

    [T] ~ sth

    to pull a tree or plant out of the ground

    उखाड़ना, जड़ से उखाड़ना

    • The storm uprooted many trees.
    • Floodwater uprooted trees and carried them downstream.
    • The cyclone uprooted hundreds of coconut trees along the coast.
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    • The gardener uprooted the weeds before sowing the new seeds.
    • Strong winds uprooted the old banyan tree outside the school.

    Synonyms pull up dig up root out extract

    Opposite plant sow

  2. 2

    [T] ~ sb/yourself

    to leave a place where you have lived for a long time; to make somebody do this

    (घर से) उजाड़ना, विस्थापित करना

    • The dam project uprooted thousands of villagers.
    • Repeated droughts uproot thousands of families every year.
    • The war uprooted families from their homes in the border villages.
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    • It is hard to uproot yourself and move to a new city at sixty.
    • Nobody wanted to be uprooted from the land where their grandparents had lived.

    Synonyms displace dislodge evict remove relocate

    Opposite settle establish

  3. 3

    [T] ~ sth

    to destroy or remove something completely

    जड़ से मिटाना, उन्मूलन करना

    • to uproot corruption
    • The new officer promised to uproot bribery from the department.
    • The government promised to uproot poverty from the district within ten years.
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    • Honest officers can help to uproot corruption.
    • Years of effort were needed to uproot the old superstitions.

    Synonyms eradicate eliminate abolish stamp out wipe out

    Opposite establish preserve foster

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

pull up dig up root out extract displace dislodge evict remove relocate eradicate eliminate abolish stamp out wipe out

Antonyms

plant sow settle establish preserve foster

AaSpelling

up·root

?Which word?

Keep the remove-completely words together: uproot (remove a plant or a person from their home), eradicate (destroy completely: 'eradicate polio'), root out (find and remove), weed out (remove unwanted things), extirpate (formal, destroy completely).

पूरी तरह हटाने के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: uproot (पौधा या व्यक्ति को उसके घर से हटाना), eradicate (पूरी तरह नष्ट करना: 'eradicate polio'), root out (खोजकर हटाना), weed out (अवांछित चीज़ें हटाना), extirpate (औपचारिक, पूरी तरह नष्ट करना)।

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General knowledge

The Narmada Bachao Andolan opposed the displacement caused by large dams.

नर्मदा बचाओ आंदोलन ने बड़े बाँधों से होने वाले विस्थापन का विरोध किया।