1. to uproot or remove from one’s native environment or culture
Usage: formal
2. to pull up by the roots; to uproot literally
Usage: formal; literal

Examples

• The war deracinated thousands of families from their homeland.
• Immigration can deracinate people from their cultural traditions.
• The storm deracinated several old oak trees in the park.
• Economic hardship forced them to deracinate themselves from their community.
• The gardener had to deracinate the invasive weeds completely.
• Globalization tends to deracinate local customs and practices.