de·rac·i·nate [ di ráss'n àyt ](past and past participlede·rac·i·nat·ed, present participlede·rac·i·nat·ing, 3rd person present singularde·rac·i·nates)
transitive verb
Definition:
uproot: to remove somebody or something from a natural environment, especially people from their native culture
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[Late 16th century. < French déraciner< racine "root" < late Latin radicina< Latin radix]
