UPROOT

v. 1 transfer, transplant, move, displace; exile, banish Finney has been uprooted five times in his career with the firm 2 deracinate, extirpate, root out, dig out, pluck out, tear out; destroy, demolish, ruin, eradicate, annihilate, kill, ruin, devastate, ravage Thousands of trees were uprooted by the hurricane