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deracinate

verb

Pull up by or as if by the roots

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Word Facts

Word length
10
Starts with
D
Ends with
E
Contains
ER
Scrabble score
13

How it sounds

Pronunciation

dɪˈɹæsɪneɪt

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verb

  1. Pull up by or as if by the roots

    “Uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden”

verb

  1. Move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment

    “The war uprooted many people”

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Uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden
The war uprooted many people

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