Verb: deracinate di'ra-su,neyt
Usage: formal
Usage: formal
- Pull up by or as if by the roots
"deracinate the vine that has spread all over the garden";
- uproot, extirpate [formal], root out
- Move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
"The war deracinated many people";
- uproot
Derived forms: deracinated, deracinates, deracinating
Encyclopedia: Deracinate