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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. to move something from its natural environment;
[syn: displacement, deracination]

2. the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence;
[syn: extirpation, excision, deracination]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Deracination \De*rac`i*na"tion\, n. The act of pulling up by the roots; eradication. [R.] Deraign
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

deracination n 1: to move something from its natural environment [syn: displacement, deracination] 2: the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence [syn: extirpation, excision, deracination]