UPROOTALS Antonyms

• the act of putting something in working order again

• restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

• the sterilization of an animal

• (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body

• education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge

• fastening electrical equipment to earth

• the act of fixing firmly in place

• a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area

• putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow

• the process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow

• a gradual sinking to a lower level

• causing to become steady

• a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving

• a central cohesive source of support and stability

• a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute

• fix firmly and stably

• secure a vessel with an anchor

• fix or set securely or deeply

• attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war

• set up or found

• set up or lay the groundwork for

• establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

• institute, enact, or establish

• bring about

• place

• build or establish something abstract

• use as a basis for; found on

• free from fear or doubt; easy in mind

• free from danger or risk

• not likely to fail or give way

• immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with

• financially safe

• get by special effort

• cause to be firmly attached

• assure payment of

• make certain of

• fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

• furnish with battens