About The Word Deracinate
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Deracinate
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What's The Definition Of Deracinate?
[v] pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
[v] move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people" Synonyms | Synonyms for Deracinate: displace | extirpate | root out | uproot | uproot Related Terms | Find terms related to Deracinate: See Also | displace | move | place Deracinate In Webster's Dictionary \De*rac"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deracinated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Deracinating}.] [F. d['e]raciner; pref.
d['e]- (L. dis) + racine root, fr. an assumed LL. radicina,
fr. L. radix, radicis, root.]
To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate. [R.]
While that the colter rusts That should deracinate such
savagery. --Shak.
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