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deracinate

de·ra·ci·nate

UK/dɪˈɹæsɪneɪt/ US/dɪˈɹæsəneɪt/ uncommon

verb

1.

move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment

  • “The war uprooted many people”
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2.

pull up by or as if by the roots

  • “uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden”
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Origin

PIE word *wréh₂ds First attested in 1609; calque of French déraciner on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from racine (“root”), from Latin rādīx, rādīcis (“a root”).

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