Definition of deracinate Deracinate

de•rac•in•ate

We found 9 definitions of deracinate from 6 different sources.

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What does deracinate mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Verb

deracinate - pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
  uproot, extirpate, root out
  displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
  stub strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object; "She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken"
deracinate - move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"
  uproot
  displace cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • deracinate (Verb)
    To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
  • deracinate (Verb)
    To force people from their homeland to a new or foreign location.
  • deracinate (Verb)
    To liberate or be liberated from a culture or its norms.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • deracinate (v. t.)
    To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • deracinate
    To pull up by the roots.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • deracinate
    de-ras′i-nāt, v.t. to pluck up by the roots. [Fr. déraciner—L. de, and radix, radĭcis, a root.]

Part of speech

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  • deracinate, verb, present, 1st person singular of deracinate (infinitive).
  • deracinate, verb (infinitive).

Pronunciation

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