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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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S:
(v)
displace
(cause to move, usually with force or pressure)
"the refugees were displaced by the war"
derivationally related form
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S:
(v)
uproot
,
extirpate
,
deracinate
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root out
(pull up by or as if by the roots)
"uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
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S:
(v)
stub
(pull up (weeds) by their roots)
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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
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W:
(n)
deracination
[Related to:
deracinate
] (the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence)
sentence frame