uproot

/ʌpˈruːt/ verb [T]

Definition

TREE › to pull a tree or plant out of the ground: Hundreds of trees were uprooted in the storm.

PERSON › to make someone leave a place where they have been living for a long time: The war has uprooted nearly half the country's population.

(Definition of uproot verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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