DERACINATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence

Synonyms:

deracination; excision; extirpation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("deracination" is a kind of...):

pull; pulling (the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you)

Derivation:

deracinate (pull up by or as if by the roots)

Meaning:

To move something from its natural environment

Synonyms:

deracination; displacement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("deracination" is a kind of...):

movement (the act of changing the location of something)

Derivation:

deracinate (pull up by or as if by the roots)

deracinate (move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment)