HyperDic: deracination

English > 2 senses of the word deracination:
NOUNactderacination, displacementto move something from its natural environment
actderacination, extirpation, excisionthe act of pulling ... / pulling up or out
English > deracination: 2 senses > noun 1, act
MeaningTo move something from its natural environment.
Synonymdisplacement
BroadermovementThe act of changing the location of something
Verbsderacinatepull up by or as if by the roots
deracinatemove (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
English > deracination: 2 senses > noun 2, act
MeaningThe act of pulling ... / pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence.
Synonymsextirpation, excision
Broaderpull, pullingThe act of pulling
Spanishextirpación
Verbsderacinatepull up by or as if by the roots

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