uprooted

verb

past tense of uproot
as in pulled
to draw out by force or with effort uprooted the old bridge's pilings upon the completion of its replacement

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Recent Examples of uprooted Hurricane Lala tore roofs off houses, uprooted trees, covered roads in mud and rocks and left many households without electricity. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, residents were still trying to clean up after Lala, which tore off roofs and uprooted trees, the AP reported. — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026 Shallowly rooter trees will be snapped or uprooted, blocking roads. — Karina Zaiets, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026 Munster resident Ron Alaguer, 38, said storm damage was all around his neighborhood, including uprooted trees and damage to fences and roofs. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026 Homeowners throughout the neighborhood were cleaning up tree damage, including uprooted trees and broken limbs that fell onto their homes and fence lines. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 That legacy was disrupted in the early 1600s, when the Venetians uprooted much of the island’s vineyard land to make way for wheat cultivation. — Monica Mendal, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026 On its 53-mile path to the Pacific Ocean, water ripped through orchards, uprooted orange groves and flipped cars. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026 Investigators found damaged trees along Rock Branch Road, before the tornado crossed Highway 212 and snapped or uprooted numerous trees along the southward slope of Shelton Laurel Creek and toward Cutshall Town Road. — Joe Marusak july 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uprooted
  1. pulled
  2. extracted
  3. yanked
  4. pried
  5. plucked
Verb
  • The Twins pulled even in the second inning on Lee’s RBI single.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • However, entering June, crude prices pulled back significantly, while retail gasoline prices declined at a markedly slower pace.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of pulled
Verb
  • Using specialist skills, the team carefully extracted Purdy and reunited the kitten with her owner.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
  • With the clock racing down to find Joe before she's extracted out of the country to her death, the team launches an assault against an airport hangar.
    — David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of extracted
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  • The officer is also seen putting a woman in a patrol car, the same woman who is shown on the ground having her hair yanked by an officer.
    — Briauna Brown, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • In Berkeley, where California clay culture yanked ceramics out of the category of polite craft and into something huge, physical, ugly, and beautiful, Heilmann learned to weld.
    — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of yanked
Verb
  • The latest was on Sunday, when interior doors of the restaurant were forced and pried open and $1,300 was stolen, all while a cleaning crew was inside.
    — Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Across six Premier League seasons in the 1990s, Newcastle pried 12 different players from poorer sides, more than anyone else in that period.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of pried
Verb
  • Woodard went undrafted out of UNLV in 2025, and the Dolphins plucked him off the Texans’ practice squad in mid-December.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
  • If the Panthers didn’t want him, in other words, he’d probably be plucked off the waiver wire by someone else.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of plucked

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