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uproot, deracinate

v. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"

uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out

v. pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

displace, uproot, deracinate

v. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"

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tweak

v. pinch or squeeze sharply

take out

v. remove something from a container or an enclosed space

pluck, plunk, pick

v. pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"

wrench, twist violently

v. twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"

extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber

v. release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

remove, transfer

v. shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court"

take out, move out, remove

v. cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

grab, seize

v. capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"

tweeze

v. pluck with tweezers; "tweeze facial hair"

snap

v. bring the jaws together; "he snapped indignantly"

evict, force out

v. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"

destroy, ruin

v. destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"

extirpate

v. surgically remove (an organ)

demolish, destroy

v. defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"

decimate

v. kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

evict, force out

v. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"

pull

v. hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing; "pull the ball"

pull

v. hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing; "pull the ball"

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