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Deracinate

verb
(past & past part. deracinated; pres. part. deracinating)
1.
Move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment.  Synonym: uproot.
2.
Pull up by or as if by the roots.  Synonyms: extirpate, root out, uproot.





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"Deracinate" Quotes from Famous Books



... destined for a business or a profession, the proclivity is harshly discouraged at an early stage. In women, who usually are not destined for anything whatever, it enjoys a merry life, and often refuses to be improved out of existence when the sudden need arises. No one by taking thought, can deracinate the mental habits of, say, ...
— Journalism for Women - A Practical Guide • E.A. Bennett


Words linked to "Deracinate" :   displace, stub, uproot, move, deracination


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