root up
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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The bottom feeding carp would root up weeds and consume floating algae.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2023
The forest birds, like so many island-bound creatures, have succumbed to wave after wave of invasive species, including feral hogs that root up native seed-bearing plants and mosquitoes that spread an avian form of malaria.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2021
The pigs — ill-tempered eating machines weighing 200 pounds or more — roam city streets, collide with cars, root up cemeteries and provide plot lines for reality TV shows like “Hog Hunters.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2013
Shirley Temple Three is using her tusks to root up the dirt.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 17, 2012
Then you walked the shared fence lines to watch they didn’t get through to root up your neighbor’s pasture.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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