verb
- to pull or dig up by the roots; to uproot
- to remove from a settled or established position; to displace
Usage: third person singular present tense of ‘unroot’
Usage: figurative use
Examples
- The storm unroots several old oak trees in the park.
- She carefully unroots the seedlings to transplant them.
- The construction project unroots the entire neighborhood.
- Economic hardship unroots many families from their communities.
- The gardener unroots the weeds from the flower bed.
- War unroots people from their ancestral homes.