Uproot, v. t.
To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate. Trees uprooted left their place. Dryden. At his command the uprooted hills retired. Milton.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for uproot; he lists it under exterminate.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.