Uprooting

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Uprooting

the removal of stumps, individual trees, shrubs, and roots in the preparation for economic use of land that is forested or overgrown with brush. There are several methods of removing stumps: mechanized (using stump pullers), fire (the stumps are burned on-site), manual (small stumps up to 20 cm in diameter are pulled with simple tools and machinery), and explosive. In the USSR the most common method of uprooting is by machine.

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No references found			It was the ruin of the family, the uprooting of morals, the destruction of Germany. Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context They danced and played different games till midnight; then one of the Giants tore up a plant by its roots, and all the Giants and Giantesses made themselves so thin that they disappeared into the earth through the hole made by the uprooting of the plant. The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context I believed him capable of uprooting from his heart, though it might be with agony, so that he was left battered and ensanguined, anything that came between himself and that uncomprehended craving that urged him constantly to he knew not what. Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context			upper-air chart upper-air disturbance upper-air observation upper-air sounding upper-arm circumference upper-atmosphere dynamics upper-level anticyclone upper-level chart upper-level cyclone upper-level disturbance upper-level high upper-level low upper-level ridge upper-level trough upper-level winds uppercut upping block Uppsala Uppsala, University of Uprava Blagochiniia upright Upright Database Technology AB upright piano Uprising of Arabian Tribes in 632–633 Uprising of st. George's Night of 1343–45 Uprooting uprush Uprush and Backwash UPS Upsala upsample upscale upset upset price upset welding upsetted moraine Upsetting upsetting test upshot Upshur County Upshur, Abel Parker upside-down roof upsilon particle Upsilon particles upslope fog upslope time Upson County upstage upstairs upstand upstanding			Uproar (comics) uproarious uproarious uproariously uproariously uproariousness uproariousness uproars uproars uproars Uproll UPROM Uprona uproot uproot uproot uproot uproot from uproot from some place uprooted uprooted uprooted uprootedness uprootedness uprootedness uprooter uprooter uprooter uprooters uprooters Uprooting uproots uproots uproots uprose uprose Uprouse UPROW UPRP UPRR UPRRP UPRS UPRSD UPRT UPRTC UPRTOU UPRU Uprun uprush uprush Uprush and Backwash uprushes uprushes UPRVUNL ups ups ups ups UPS (disambiguation) UPS (disambiguation) UPS (uninterruptible power source)

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