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deracinate

DEFINITIONS OF: deracinate

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v pull up by or as if by the roots

Synonyms:
extirpate, root out, uproot
Types:
stub
pull up (weeds) by their roots
Type of:
displace, move
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

v move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment

Synonyms:
uproot
Type of:
displace
cause to move, usually with force or pressure
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