Thesaurus: deracinate

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1. v. t. To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate.
2. v. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
3. v. pull up by or as if by the roots
4. To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate. [R.] While that the colter rusts That should deracinate such savagery. Shak.
5. To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate. [R.]While that the colter rusts That should deracinate such savagery.Shak.
6. v move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment v pull up by or as if by the roots