uproot
verb (used with object)
to pull out by or as if by the roots.
will uproot
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future tenseof uproot.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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“We will uproot your tent!” some of them said, according to Khim Lal Gautam, a Nepal government officer in charge of monitoring mountaineering activities at the base camp.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
We know that technology will uproot and upend.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2023
Well, bees are pollinators, birds eat pests that eat our plants and, if our animal visitors are thirsty, they will uproot our plants and eat the base to get hydration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2021
But as millions of Americans file for unemployment, flooding food banks and hospitals, foreign workers worry that the pandemic will uproot them sooner rather than later.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2020
All things I will uproot from out my soul That bind me to my life of empty dreams!
From Early Plays — Catiline, the Warrior's Barrow, Olaf Liljekrans by Anders Orbeck
