To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
To liberate or be liberated from a culture or its norms.
To force (people) from their homeland to a new or foreign location.
To tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up.
To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.
To destroy (something) utterly; to eradicate, exterminate.
Of oneself or someone: to move away from a familiar environment (for example, to live elsewhere).
Of a pig or other animal: to dig up (something in the ground) using the snout; to rummage for (something) in the ground; to grub up, to root, to rout.
The act of uprooting something.