deracinate
deracinate is a 10-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate.
- verb. pull up by or as if by the roots
"uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
- verb. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
"The war uprooted many people"
Synonyms
Common word forms
deracinated, deracinates, deracinating
Words from these letters
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