deracinate (v.)

  1. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; The war uprooted many people

    [ Syn: uproot ]

  2. pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden

    [ Syn: uproot , extirpate , root out ]

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