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1. Move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
   "The war deracinated many people";
   - uproot
    
2. Pull up by or as if by the roots
   "deracinate the vine that has spread all over the garden";
   - uproot, extirpate, root out

Derived forms: deracinating, deracinates, deracinated

Type of: displace, move

Encyclopedia: Deracinate