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Verb
S:
(v)
uproot
,
deracinate
(move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment)
"The war uprooted many people"
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
sentence frame
S:
(v)
uproot
,
extirpate
,
deracinate
,
root out
(pull up by or as if by the roots)
"uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
direct troponym
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full troponym
S:
(v)
stub
(pull up (weeds) by their roots)
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inherited hypernym
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derivationally related form
W:
(n)
extirpation
[Related to:
extirpate
] (the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence)
W:
(n)
deracination
[Related to:
deracinate
] (to move something from its natural environment)
derivationally related form
Overview
S:
(n)
displacement
,
deracination
(to move something from its natural environment)
S:
(n)
extirpation
,
excision
,
deracination
(the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence)
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
pull
,
pulling
(the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you)
"the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back"
S:
(n)
propulsion
,
actuation
(the act of propelling)
S:
(n)
act
,
deed
,
human action
,
human activity
(something that people do or cause to happen)
S:
(n)
event
(something that happens at a given place and time)
S:
(n)
psychological feature
(a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
S:
(n)
abstraction
,
abstract entity
(a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
S:
(n)
entity
(that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
derivationally related form
synset
W:
(n)
deracination
[Related to:
deracinate
] (the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence)
sentence frame