Contact and joining

Synonyms for uproot

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 5, Summit · 1 sense · verb · Reason line included

The senseverbTier 5, SummitContact and joining

pull up by or as if by the roots

Uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

extirpate

Same sentence, swapped: Extirpate the vine that has spread all over the garden.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for uproot as it is used in the sentence above.

ruffle
propel
depose

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Closest first: other contact and joining words at Summit, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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