deracinate

• Verb, das bedeutet, jemanden oder etwas mit der Wurzel auszureißen oder aus seiner angestammten bzw. gewohnten Umgebung zu entfernen; wird oft im übertragenen Sinn gebraucht.

A verb meaning to uproot or remove someone or something from a native or accustomed environment, often used in a figurative sense.

1. Forcible relocationC2formal

   To forcibly remove people from their native land and relocate them to a foreign environment.

   Zwangsweise Umsiedlung

   • The regime sought to deracinate entire communities during the conflict.
   • Colonial policies often aimed to deracinate indigenous populations.
   • The war deracinated thousands of families, scattering them across the globe.

   Synonymebanishdeportdisplaceexileexpatriateuproot

2. UprootingC2formal

   To pull something up by the roots, either literally or figuratively.

   Mit der Wurzel ausreißen

   • The storm deracinated several ancient oaks in the park.
   • The new highway project will deracinate many old trees along the route.
   • He felt deracinated from his cultural traditions after moving abroad.

   Synonymeeradicateextirpatepull uproot outuprootweed out

   Antonymeanchorimplantplantroot