deracinate

Meanings

Verb

move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
pull up by or as if by the roots
To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
To force (people) from their homeland to a new or foreign location.
To liberate or be liberated from a culture or its norms.

Origin / Etymology

PIE word
*wréh₂ds
First attested in 1609; calque of French déraciner on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from racine (“root”), from Latin rādīx, rādīcis (“a root”).

Synonyms

extirpate, root out, uproot

Scrabble Score: 13

deracinate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
deracinate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
deracinate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

deracinate is a valid Words With Friends word