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disroot

American  
[dis-root, -root] / dɪsˈrut, -ˈrʊt /

verb (used with object)

  1. to uproot; dislodge.


Etymology

Origin of disroot

First recorded in 1605–15; dis- 1 + root 1

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What did disroot Friedrich, then?—Take the following dates, and small hints of phenomena in other parts of the big Theatre of War.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 by Thomas Carlyle

Continue to cut down, disroot, and repot, as advised last week, those which have been flowering through the winter.

From In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house by William Keane

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