English Synonym Finder

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

Antonyms

plant establish settle root implant fix anchor