deracinate

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deracinate Definition

• (v) move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"
• (v) pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

deracinate Synonyms

• deracinate
• displace
• extirpate
• root out
• uproot