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-deriveddedown, away, reversal
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radicroot
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iconnector
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nateto make, having
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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.