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deracination

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de⋅rac⋅in⋅ate

  [di-ras-uh-neyt]
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–verb (used with object), -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.
1. to pull up by the roots; uproot; extirpate; eradicate.
2. to isolate or alienate (a person) from a native or customary culture or environment.
Origin:
1590–1600; < F déracin(er) (equiv. to dé- dis- 1 + -raciner, v. deriv. of racine root < LL rādīcīna for L rādīc-, s. of rādīx) + -ate 1

Related forms:
de⋅rac⋅i⋅na⋅tion, noun
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de·rac·i·nate   (də-rās'ə-nāt')   
tr.v.   de·rac·i·nat·ed, de·rac·i·nat·ing, de·rac·i·nates

  1. To pull out by the roots; uproot.

  2. To displace from one's native or accustomed environment.


[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).]
de·rac'i·na'tion n.
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