deracinate


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
deracinate /dɪˈrasɪneɪt/
verb (usu. as adj. deracinated) uproot (someone) from their natural environment, typically with a negative effect.
– derivatives
deracination noun.
– origin C16: from Fr. déraciner ‘uproot’, from dé- (expressing removal) + racine ‘root’.
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