uprooting
Definitions
Verb
- Move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
- Destroy completely, as if down to the roots
- Pull up by or as if by the roots
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Words that sound like the term "uprooting".
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "uprooting".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | promotion | 3 | 26 |
| 2 | promoting | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | sprouting | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | proposing | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | proving | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | rotting | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | rooming | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | quoting | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | rooting | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | roofing | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | rioting | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | proofing | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | uproot | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | supervoting | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | prototyping | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | provoking | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | prompting | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | profiting | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | rustproofing | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | routing | 2 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 125
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 2
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
📰 This Word in the News:
Uprooting a forest for a park: The destructive ‘restoration’ of Delhi’s Central Ridge
Jun 17, 2026 Scroll.in
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ABQ mayor to close Coronado Park, uprooting encampment amid housing shortage
Jul 27, 2022 Source New Mexico
Jul 27, 2022 Source New Mexico
Uprooting my family to live in Spain helped us grow in unexpected ways
Sep 16, 2025 The Globe and Mail
Sep 16, 2025 The Globe and Mail

