root up

verb

1. tr, adverb to tear or dig up by the roots

Example Sentences

I must root up the trunks, remove the thorns and the brambles, and fill up the marshes and pools.

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Root up this passion, though it seem to tear thy life with it.

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I will root up from my path whatever obstructs my progress towards becoming the master.

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Sometimes his pigs will creep through the fence, and root up the smooth green lawn.

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I've half a mind to root up the old hearthstone; it's a thundering heavy one, ain't it?

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