uprootal
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
uprootal (usually uncountable, plural uprootals)
- The act or process of uprooting; the state of being uprooted.
- 1885, H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines, page 268:
- Surely even the most uncompromising of those marching under the banner of civilisation must hesitate before they condemn this deep-rooted system to instant uprootal.