1-Stop Dictionary Reference

Deracinate

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

v. To pull out by the roots; uproot.

v. To displace from one's native or accustomed environment.

v. To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.

v. To force people from their homeland to a new or foreign location.

v. To liberate or be liberated from a culture or its norms.

v. To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate.

To pluck up by the roots; eradicate; extirpate: as, to deracinate hair.

v. pull up by or as if by the roots

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

"Matt Yglesias makes some telling points, but we'll merely linger on the word deracinate for a moment."

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Words that are more generic or abstract

displace

deracinated deracinating

Words with the same meaning

extirpate