Deracinate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Deracinate \De*rac"i*nate\ (d[-e]*r[a^]s"[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t.
     [imp. & p. p. {Deracinated} (d[-e]*r[a^]s"[i^]*n[=a]`t[e^]d);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Deracinating}
     (d[-e]*r[a^]s"[i^]*n[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [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.]
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           While that the colter rusts
           That should deracinate such savagery.    --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  deracinate
       v 1: move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and
            foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"
            [syn: {displace}, {uproot}]
       2: pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has
          spread all over the garden" [syn: {uproot}, {extirpate}, {root
          out}]