deracinate


Also found in: Thesaurus, Wikipedia.
Related to deracinate: obviate, exuberates, abounds, reiterating, succumbed

de·rac·i·nate

 (də-răs′ə-nāt′)
tr.v. de·rac·i·nat·ed, de·rac·i·nat·ing, de·rac·i·nates
1. To pull out by the roots; uproot.
2. To displace from one's native or accustomed environment.

[From French déraciner, from Old French desraciner : des-, de- + racine, root (from Late Latin rādīcīna, from Latin rādīx, rādīc-; see wrād- in Indo-European roots).]

de·rac′i·na′tion n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

deracinate

(dɪˈræsɪˌneɪt)
vb (tr)
1. to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; extirpate
2. to remove, as from a natural environment
[C16: from Old French desraciner, from des- dis-1 + racine root, from Late Latin rādīcīna a little root, from Latin rādīx a root]
deˌraciˈnation n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

de•rac•i•nate

(dɪˈræs əˌneɪt)

v.t. -nat•ed, -nat•ing.
to uproot; displace.
[1590–1600; < French déracin(er) (dé- dis-1 + -raciner, v. derivative of racine root < Late Latin rādīcīna for Latin rādīx) + -ate1]
de•rac`i•na′tion, n.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

deracinate

- "To pluck or tear up by the roots," from Latin racine, "root."
See also related terms for tear.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

deracinate


Past participle: deracinated
Gerund: deracinating

Imperative
deracinate
deracinate
Present
I deracinate
you deracinate
he/she/it deracinates
we deracinate
you deracinate
they deracinate
Preterite
I deracinated
you deracinated
he/she/it deracinated
we deracinated
you deracinated
they deracinated
Present Continuous
I am deracinating
you are deracinating
he/she/it is deracinating
we are deracinating
you are deracinating
they are deracinating
Present Perfect
I have deracinated
you have deracinated
he/she/it has deracinated
we have deracinated
you have deracinated
they have deracinated
Past Continuous
I was deracinating
you were deracinating
he/she/it was deracinating
we were deracinating
you were deracinating
they were deracinating
Past Perfect
I had deracinated
you had deracinated
he/she/it had deracinated
we had deracinated
you had deracinated
they had deracinated
Future
I will deracinate
you will deracinate
he/she/it will deracinate
we will deracinate
you will deracinate
they will deracinate
Future Perfect
I will have deracinated
you will have deracinated
he/she/it will have deracinated
we will have deracinated
you will have deracinated
they will have deracinated
Future Continuous
I will be deracinating
you will be deracinating
he/she/it will be deracinating
we will be deracinating
you will be deracinating
they will be deracinating
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been deracinating
you have been deracinating
he/she/it has been deracinating
we have been deracinating
you have been deracinating
they have been deracinating
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been deracinating
you will have been deracinating
he/she/it will have been deracinating
we will have been deracinating
you will have been deracinating
they will have been deracinating
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been deracinating
you had been deracinating
he/she/it had been deracinating
we had been deracinating
you had been deracinating
they had been deracinating
Conditional
I would deracinate
you would deracinate
he/she/it would deracinate
we would deracinate
you would deracinate
they would deracinate
Past Conditional
I would have deracinated
you would have deracinated
he/she/it would have deracinated
we would have deracinated
you would have deracinated
they would have deracinated
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.deracinate - move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environmentderacinate - move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"
displace - cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
2.deracinate - pull up by or as if by the rootsderacinate - pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
stub - pull up (weeds) by their roots
move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
References in periodicals archive ?
It also stressed Bahrain's firm position that denounces all forms of violence, extremism and terrorism, and called for consolidation of international efforts to deracinate terrorist organisations and their supporters.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterates the unflinching position of the Kingdom of Bahrain which shuns terrorism and calls for concerted global efforts to deracinate this dangerous phenomenon and dry out its sources of fund,Ci the statement added.
"These attacks revealed the falsity of taking religious as a pretext to commit the most heinous crimes against innocents," Hariri's press office said in a statement, "These attacks call for the necessity to unite all efforts to deracinate terrorism from its roots and protect Islam and Muslims from those who violate their security, religion and safety of their homelands."
However, hope still lies with that "unfolding of world-wide processes," though a long and arduous journey, to reveal and deracinate the roots of war.
Sources added that US policy is far more dangerous than Trump's statement as she wants to deracinate successes of the nation achieved through operations Zarb-e-Azb and Rad-ul-Fsad by bringing operations of Afghanistan near Pakistani border.
However, he hastened on to add that curtailing virus or decrease in polio cases was not our target rather we were aiming to deracinate the disease from this region.