deracinate
verb (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they deracinate | |
| he / she / it deracinates | |
| past simple deracinated | |
| past participle deracinated | |
| -ing form deracinating |
- deracinate somebody
to force somebody to leave their natural social, cultural or geographical environment 迫使（某人）离开熟悉的环境；使背井离乡 Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French déraciner, from dé- (expressing removal) + racine ‘root’ (based on Latin radix).