uprootal
nounEtymology From uproot + -al.
1
Usually The act or process of uprooting; the state of being uprooted.
- 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.1885, H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines, page 268:
- Related terms
- uproot