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deracinate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb deracinate has 2 senses
- deracinate(v = verb.social) uproot - move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people" is one way to displace
- deracinate(v = verb.contact) extirpate, root out, uproot - pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" is one way to displace, move
Derived form noun deracination1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Derived forms noun deracination2, noun deracination1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
OXFORD DICTIONARY
deracinate, v.tr. literary 1 tear up by the roots.
2 obliterate, expunge.
2 obliterate, expunge.
Derivative
deracination n.
Etymology
F d{eacute}raciner (as DE-, racine f. LL radicina dimin. of radix root)
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