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"Uproot"
Keywords:
vestiges
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utterly
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eradicate
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extirpate
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democracy
To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.
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To pull up by the roots.
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destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
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pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
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Keywords:
forcibly
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homeland
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war
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foreign
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environment
move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"
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