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Deracinate

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extirpateverb(transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate.
displaceverbTo move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
uprootverb(transitive) (figuratively) To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.
root outverb(transitive) To remove or abolish completely.
pull upverbUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, up.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Deracinate"

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uprootverb(transitive) (figuratively) To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.
extirpateverb(transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate.
root outverb(transitive) To remove or abolish completely.
displaceverbTo move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
pull upverbUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, up.
root upverbTo dig or pull up by the roots.
eradicateverb(transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
disrootverb(transitive, archaic) To uproot (tear up from the roots).
uppluckverb(transitive, rare) To pluck up; pull up; deracinate.
erradicateverbMisspelling of eradicate. [(transitive) To pull up by the roots.]
unrootverb(transitive) To tear up by the roots; to uproot.
aracenoun(obsolete, transitive) To tear up by the roots; to draw away.
outrootverb(transitive) To eradicate
aberuncateverb(rare, transitive) To eradicate; to pull up by the roots.
routnoun(originally military) The act of completely defeating an army or other enemy force, causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; (by extension) in politics, sport, etc.: a convincing defeat; a thrashing, a trouncing.
stock upverb(intransitive) To acquire or increase stock or inventory. [(often) with on]
extrapateverbMisspelling of extirpate. [(transitive, obsolete) To clear an area of roots and stumps.]
moreTo a greater degree or extent.
averruncateverb(transitive, rare) To avert; to ward off.
extirpverb(transitive, obsolete) To extirpate (something).

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