uproot vs destroy

uproot and destroy both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
uproot	No	No	Yes	No
destroy	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, destroy is a hypernym of uproot; that is, destroy is a word with a broader meaning than uproot:

Other hypernyms of uproot include destruct.

uproot (verb)	destroy (verb)
pull up by or as if by the roots	defeat soundly and humiliatingly
destroy completely, as if down to the roots	destroy completely; damage irreparably
move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment	put (an animal) to death
	do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of