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deracinate
DEFINITIONS OF:
deracinate
1
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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