deracinate

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  1. transitive verb To pull out by the roots; uproot.
  2. transitive verb To displace from one's native or accustomed environment.

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  1. From French déraciner, from Old French desraciner : des-, de- + racine, root (from Late Latin rādīcīna, from Latin rādīx, rādīc-; see wrād- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from French déraciner, Old French desraciner, desracener, uproot, from des-privative + racine = Provencal racina, a root, from Latin as if *radicina, from radix (radic-), a root: see radix, radical, and cf. eradicate.
 

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/dəˈræsɪneɪt/
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