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deracinate

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10 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈɹæsɪneɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aacdeeinrtStarts with DEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. pull up by or as if by the roots

Word origin

First attested in 1609; calque of French déraciner on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from racine (“root”), from Latin rādīx, rādīcis (“a root”).

Used in a sentence

  • Divert and crack, rend and deracinate, The unity and married calm of states Quite from their fixture!
  • Observing the highest echelons of Indian society, she notes the way in which some Indians become completely — almost absurdly — anglicized or deracinated.

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