verb
- to pull up or remove from the roots; to uproot
- to displace or remove from one's native place or home
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The storm disrooted several old oak trees in the forest.
- The gardener had to disroot the weeds before planting new flowers.
- War disrooted thousands of families from their ancestral lands.
- Heavy rainfall disrooted the shallow-rooted shrubs.
- The construction project disrooted the community that had lived there for generations.
- We disrooted the dead tree to prevent it from falling on the house.