Deracination

2 definitions found

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

  Deracination \De*rac`i*na"tion\, n.
     The act of pulling up by the roots; eradication. [R.] Deraign

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  deracination


       n 1: to move something from its natural environment [syn: {displacement}]
       2: the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from
          existence [syn: {extirpation}, {excision}]