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divellere

to uproot

verb dee-VEL-leh-reh Rare
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Origin: Latin divellere (to tear apart, to wrench away)

Also means

to tear out

Usage Note

Divellere is a literary or elevated verb meaning to forcibly pull something out of the ground or out of its place — divellere un albero (to uproot a tree), divellere una porta (to wrench a door off). It is highly irregular: past participle divelto, remote past divelsi. In everyday speech Italians usually prefer sradicare (to uproot) or strappare (to tear out).

Examples

"La tempesta ha divelto molti alberi dal suolo."

Natural Translation

The storm uprooted many trees from the ground.

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