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deracinate
de·rac·i·nate [ di ráss'n àyt ] (past and past participle de·rac·i·nat·ed, present participle de·rac·i·nat·ing, 3rd person present singular de·rac·i·nates)


transitive verb 
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uproot: to remove somebody or something from a natural environment, especially people from their native culture ( literary )

[Late 16th century. < French déraciner< racine "root" < late Latin radicina< Latin radix]

de·rac·i·na·tion [ di ràss'n áysh'n ] noun
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