deracinate
Definitions
To pull up by the roots; uproot.
To displace from one's native or accustomed environment; to alienate.
Examples
The rapid expansion of the city threatened to deracinate the long-standing traditions of the rural community.
Colonial powers often sought to deracinate indigenous populations by forcibly removing them from their ancestral lands.
It is difficult for a person to feel truly at home when they have been deracinated from their cultural roots at a young age.
Synonyms
uproot eradicate displace extirpate remove exterminate dislodge