disrootv.
/dɪsˈruːt/ a. transitive. To pull up by the roots; to uproot, unroot.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > root out or up
louka1000
morec1325
roota1387
unroot?a1425
stubc1450
roota1500
rid?1529
root-walt?1530
subplant1547
supplant1549
root?1550
grub1558
eradicate1564
to stump up1599
deracinate1609
uproot1695
aberuncate1731
eracinate1739
rootle1795
disroot1800
piggle1847
1800 Trans. Soc. Arts 18 368 Pine-suckers..having disrooted and plunged them into old dust of bark.
1849 Florist 279 Repot the bottoms that have been dis~rooted.
1876 A. C. Swinburne Erechtheus (ed. 2) 178 And with one hand disroot All tender flower and fruit.
b. transferred. To dislodge (anything) from the place where it is fixed.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)]
stira1000
unsheathec1374
removea1398
shifta1400
disroom1489
supplant1534
unplacec1550
displace1552
unperch1578
dislodge1579
unsiege1594
disnest1596
unroost1598
unset1602
unseat1611
dis-element1612
dishabita1616
dislocate1623
disroota1625
disseata1625
rede1638
discardinate1648
disturb1664
disblock1665
start1676
uproot1695
disrest1696
disconcert1744
disannul1794
deplace1839
delocalize1855
disembed1885
disniche1889
a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) v. vi. 75 When neither Curb would cracke..nor diffring plunges Dis-roote his Rider whence he grew. View more context for this quotation
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 158 The sliding down of an higher piece of ground, disrooted from its situation.
1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xviii. xii. 310 Daun..could not have disrooted Friedrich this season.
Derivatives
disˈrooting n.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [noun]
displacing1551
dislodge1587
dislocation1604
displantinga1616
elocation1649
dislodgement1728
uprooting1775
displacement1803
disrooting1826
rooting1876
delocalization1887
1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 10 Oct. (1939) 243 A kind of disrooting that recalls a thousand painful ideas of former happier journies.
disˈrooter n. one who disroots.
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1883 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. II. ii Disrooter.
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