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deracinating
Variant of deracinate
transitive verb deracinated, deracinating
- to pull up by or as by the roots; uproot; eradicate
- to separate from one's roots or ties, esp. ethnic or national ones
Related Forms:
- deracination noun
- deracinated adjective
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