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deracinate
verb
(de-rac-in-ate)
pull up by or as if by the roots
Synonyms:
extirpate
, root out,
uproot
,
deracinate
verb
(de-rac-in-ate)
move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
Synonyms:
uproot
,
Words Related to
deracinate
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displace
,
extirpate
,
pull up
,
root out
,
uproot
,
root up
,
aberuncate
,
outroot
,
ghettoize
,
uppluck
,
unsecularize
,
acculturate
,
marginalize
,
disennoble
,
depopulate
,
dispossess
,
secularize
,
alienate
,
assimilate
,
extermine
,
ghettoise
,
balkanize
,
marginalise
,
disenfranchise
,
inexterminable
,
disroot
,
annihilate
,
impoverish
,
blot out
,
homogenize
,
obliterate
,
exterminate
,
subjugable
,
europeanize
,
westernize
,
obliterable
,
reassimilate
,
subjugate
,
pauperize
,
abalienate
,
emancipate
,
eradicate
,
homogenise
,
denude
,
depeople
,
christianize
,
resettle
,
isolate
,
denudate
,
efface
,
americanize
,
islamize
,
drift apart
,
radicalize
,
dismantle
,
dehumanize
,
arabize
,
suburbanize
,
revivify
,
devest
,
relocate
,
dehumanise
,
subsume
,
fordone
,
irreconcile
,
enslave
,
replant
,
decimate
,
emasculate
,
disunite
,
reify
,
ostracize
,
mohammedanize
,
engrained
,
ingrain
,
unrevived
,
disherit
,
ossify
,
abjugate
,
enervate
,
reshape
,
mancipate
,
bethrall
,
deconstruct
,
disassimilate
,
disaffect
,
disintegrate
,
bereft
,
defoul
,
disassociate
,
forlese
,
fleme
,
indoctrinate
,
revivificate
,
individuate
,
demasculinize
,
disillusionize
,
supplant
,
dissever
,
colonize
,
deracinate
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By: Jamie
From:
Words in the News - December 2018
We don't want to deracinate the kids so we will stay in our home a few more years.
More typically used in a derogatory manner, like when a group of people is deracinated by terrorists.