deracination

English Thesaurus

1. the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence (noun.act)

hypernym	:	pull, pulling,
definition	:	the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you (noun.act)

2. to move something from its natural environment (noun.act)

hypernym	:	movement,
definition	:	the act of changing the location of something (noun.act)

3. the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence (noun.act)

derivation	:	deracinate, extirpate, root out, uproot,
definition	:	pull up by or as if by the roots (verb.contact)

derivation	:	eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, root out, uproot,
definition	:	destroy completely, as if down to the roots (verb.creation)

4. to move something from its natural environment (noun.act)

derivation	:	deracinate, extirpate, root out, uproot,
definition	:	pull up by or as if by the roots (verb.contact)

derivation	:	deracinate, uproot,
definition	:	move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment (verb.social)

5. the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence (noun.act)

derivation	:	deracinate, extirpate, root out, uproot,
definition	:	pull up by or as if by the roots (verb.contact)

derivation	:	eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, root out, uproot,
definition	:	destroy completely, as if down to the roots (verb.creation)

6. to move something from its natural environment (noun.act)

derivation	:	deracinate, extirpate, root out, uproot,
definition	:	pull up by or as if by the roots (verb.contact)

derivation	:	deracinate, uproot,
definition	:	move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment (verb.social)