1. pulling up by the roots; uprooting completely
Usage: formal; literary
2. removing someone from their native environment or culture
Usage: formal

Examples

• The storm was deracinating ancient oak trees throughout the forest.
• Urban development is deracinating the wildflowers that once covered this meadow.
• War has a way of deracinating entire populations from their homelands.
• The boarding school system was accused of deracinating indigenous children from their cultural traditions.
• Economic pressures are deracinating small farming communities across the region.
• The invasive species is deracinating native plants at an alarming rate.