deracination
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (2)
- to move something from its natural environmentSynonyms: displacementType of movement
- the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existenceSynonyms: extirpationexcisionType of pull, pulling
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
De·rac′i·na′tion noun
The act of pulling up by the roots; eradication. rare
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54