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uproot

 
 
/ʌpˈruːt/ verb [T]

Translation

TREE to pull a tree or plant out of the ground
kökünden sökmek
Hundreds of trees were uprooted in the storm.7872185
PERSON to make someone leave a place where they have been living for a long time
yerinden yurdundan etmek, doğup büyüdüğü yerden kovmak/uzaklaştırmak
The war has uprooted nearly half the country's population.7871640
(Definition of uproot verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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