deracinate

🇬🇧 UK/di'ræsineit/🇺🇸 US
GRE

Definitions

v.

To uproot a plant completely; to forcibly displace people from their homeland or cultural roots.

连根拔起;使背井离乡;使脱离文化根源

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
dedown, away, reversal
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radicroot
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iconnector
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nateto make, having
=deracinate

Common Collocations

  • 1.deracinate population连根拔起人口
  • 2.deracinate community使社区背井离乡
  • 3.deracinate people驱赶人民

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Colonial policies worked to deracinate indigenous populations from their homelands.

  • 2.

    The refugees felt deracinated after losing their homeland and cultural ties.

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