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deracinate

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Deracinate \De*rac"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deracinated};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Deracinating}.] [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.]

         While that the colter rusts That should deracinate such
         savagery.                                --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

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}]
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