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...it is now too late in the day to uproot the tort of conspiracy to injure from the common law....il est maintenant trop tard pour déraciner de la common law le délit civil de complot en vue de nuire.http://www.canlii.org/en/ 12/9/2011http://www.canlii.org/en/ 12/9/2011
The deep cavity, freshly dug that morning, yawned amidst thick tufts of grass. Big weeds, almost uprooted, drooped over the edges, and a fallen flower lay at the bottom, staining the dark soil with its crimson petals.Le trou béant, frais du matin, s'ouvrait parmi de grosses touffes d'herbe; sur le bord, de hautes plantes, à demi arrachées, penchaient leurs tiges; au fond, une fleur était tombée, tachant le noir de la terre de ses pétales rouges.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
The world declares that no one dies of grief, or of despair; nor yet of love, of anguish hidden, of hopes cultivated yet fruitless, again and again replanted yet forever uprooted.Il semble que personne ne meure de chagrin, ni de désespoir, ni d’amour, ni de misères cachées, ni d’espérances cultivées sans fruit, incessamment replantées et déracinées.Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la valleeLe Lys dans la valleeBalzac, Honore deThe Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de
humanitarian aid, including assistance for refugees, uprooted persons, rehabilitation and mine disposal;l'aide humanitaire y compris l'assistance aux réfugiés, aux personnes déracinées, à la réhabilitation et au déminage;http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009
They are civilians uprooted, and they are ready.Ce sont des civils déracinés. Ils sont prêts.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
What villain had been there uprooting everything and tearing away even the tufts of violets which he had planted at the foot of the terrace?Quelle faux avait passé là, rasant tout, bouleversant jusqu'aux touffes de violettes qu'il avait plantées au pied de la terrasse?Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
Look at these two trenches on each side, alive; this ripped-up paving, bored with funnels; these trees uprooted, split, scorched, broken like faggots, thrown all ways, pierced by bullets—look, this pock-marked pestilence, here!Regarde-moi ces deux tranchées de chaque côté, tout du long à vif, c’pavé labouré, troué d’entonnoirs, ces arbres déracinés, sciés, roussis, cassés en bûchers, jetés dans tous les sens, percés par des balles – tiens, c’t’écumoire, ici !Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
"uprooted people" means:"populations déracinées":http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 8/27/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 8/27/2009
Mechanical weeding, the goal of which is destroy weeds by burying them, uprooting them, or drying them up, is an essential part of a well-organized integrated weed control program.Le désherbage mécanique, qui vise à détruire les mauvaises herbes par enterrement, arrachage ou assèchement, constitue un moyen privilégié dans un programme bien structuré de lutte intégrée contre les mauvaises herbes.http://www.ec.gc.ca 4/9/2012http://www.ec.gc.ca 4/9/2012
Several uprooted trees were lying about amongst the excavations, and the cutting was strewn with foliage.On avait semé de feuillages le sol de la tranchée.Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene RougonSon Excellence Eugene RougonZola, EmileHis ExcellencyZola, Emile
Though begun in an orderly way, the arrangement degenerates, thanks to the ill temper of the exhausted men, who must continually be uprooting themselves from the spot where the undulating mob is stranded.L’opération, commencée avec ordre, dégénère, en raison de la mauvaise humeur des hommes épuisés qui ont continuellement à se déraciner du point où ils sont affalés, en houleuse cohue.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
One tree had been completely uprooted, and its lower end, filled with earth, had been cast uppermost, in a way to supply a sort of staging for the four adventurers, when they had gained the desired distance from the ground.Un grand arbre avait été complètement déraciné, et ses racines élevées en l’air avec la terre qui en remplissait les interstices, fournit une sorte de plate-forme aux quatre aventuriers, quand ils eurent atteint cette élévation.Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac OntarioLe lac OntarioCooper, James FenimoreThe Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore© State University of New York 1981
Just at this moment, a searchlight's unearthly arm that was swinging through space stops and falls on us, and we find that the tangle of uprooted and sunken posts and shattered framing is populous with dead soldiers.Un projecteur arrête en ce moment sur nous son grand bras articulé et féerique, qui se promenait dans l’infini – et on découvre que l’emmêlement de poutres déracinées et enfoncées, et de charpentes cassées, est peuplé de soldats morts.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
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Word forms
uproot
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | uprooted |
Imperative | uproot |
Present Participle (Participle I) | uprooting |
Past Participle (Participle II) | uprooted |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I uproot | we uproot |
you uproot | you uproot |
he/she/it uproots | they uproot |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am uprooting | we are uprooting |
you are uprooting | you are uprooting |
he/she/it is uprooting | they are uprooting |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have uprooted | we have uprooted |
you have uprooted | you have uprooted |
he/she/it has uprooted | they have uprooted |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been uprooting | we have been uprooting |
you have been uprooting | you have been uprooting |
he/she/it has been uprooting | they have been uprooting |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I uprooted | we uprooted |
you uprooted | you uprooted |
he/she/it uprooted | they uprooted |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was uprooting | we were uprooting |
you were uprooting | you were uprooting |
he/she/it was uprooting | they were uprooting |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had uprooted | we had uprooted |
you had uprooted | you had uprooted |
he/she/it had uprooted | they had uprooted |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been uprooting | we had been uprooting |
you had been uprooting | you had been uprooting |
he/she/it had been uprooting | they had been uprooting |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will uproot | we shall/will uproot |
you will uproot | you will uproot |
he/she/it will uproot | they will uproot |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be uprooting | we shall/will be uprooting |
you will be uprooting | you will be uprooting |
he/she/it will be uprooting | they will be uprooting |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have uprooted | we shall/will have uprooted |
you will have uprooted | you will have uprooted |
he/she/it will have uprooted | they will have uprooted |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been uprooting | we shall/will have been uprooting |
you will have been uprooting | you will have been uprooting |
he/she/it will have been uprooting | they will have been uprooting |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would uproot | we should/would uproot |
you would uproot | you would uproot |
he/she/it would uproot | they would uproot |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be uprooting | we should/would be uprooting |
you would be uprooting | you would be uprooting |
he/she/it would be uprooting | they would be uprooting |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have uprooted | we should/would have uprooted |
you would have uprooted | you would have uprooted |
he/she/it would have uprooted | they would have uprooted |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been uprooting | we should/would have been uprooting |
you would have been uprooting | you would have been uprooting |
he/she/it would have been uprooting | they would have been uprooting |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am uprooted | we are uprooted |
you are uprooted | you are uprooted |
he/she/it is uprooted | they are uprooted |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being uprooted | we are being uprooted |
you are being uprooted | you are being uprooted |
he/she/it is being uprooted | they are being uprooted |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been uprooted | we have been uprooted |
you have been uprooted | you have been uprooted |
he/she/it has been uprooted | they have been uprooted |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was uprooted | we were uprooted |
you were uprooted | you were uprooted |
he/she/it was uprooted | they were uprooted |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being uprooted | we were being uprooted |
you were being uprooted | you were being uprooted |
he/she/it was being uprooted | they were being uprooted |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been uprooted | we had been uprooted |
you had been uprooted | you had been uprooted |
he/she/it had been uprooted | they had been uprooted |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be uprooted | we shall/will be uprooted |
you will be uprooted | you will be uprooted |
he/she/it will be uprooted | they will be uprooted |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been uprooted | we shall/will have been uprooted |
you will have been uprooted | you will have been uprooted |
he/she/it will have been uprooted | they will have been uprooted |