Deracinate — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment

pull up by or as if by the roots

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dˈʌblɚz/

🇬🇧British English

/dəɹˈasɪnˌeɪt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dəɹˈasɪnˌeɪt/

4 syllables Say it as /dˈʌblɚz/.

Examples

The war uprooted many people
uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

uproot extirpate root out

Parts of Speech

verb	move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment “The war uprooted many people”
verb	pull up by or as if by the roots “uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden”

Word Forms

deracination	noun	to move something from its natural environment
extirpation	noun	the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

entsäuern

(Menschen) gewaltsam aus ihrer Heimat in eine neue und fremde Umgebung vertreiben

🇫🇷French

déraciner

déplacer (des personnes) de force de leur pays d'origine vers un environnement nouveau et étranger

🇪🇸Spanish

desarraigar

trasladar (a personas) por la fuerza desde su tierra natal a un entorno nuevo y extranjero

🇮🇹Italian

deracinare

spostare (le persone) con la forza dalla loro patria in un ambiente nuovo ed estraneo

🇳🇱Dutch

ontwortelen

(mensen) met geweld verplaatsen van hun thuisland naar een nieuwe en vreemde omgeving

🇵🇹Portuguese

desenraizar

mover (pessoas) à força de sua terra natal para um ambiente novo e estrangeiro

🇷🇺Russian

вырубать

переселить (людей) насильно со своей родины в новую и чужую среду

India

🇮🇳Hindi

उखाड़ना

(लोगों को) जबरन अपनी मातृभूमि से एक नए और विदेशी वातावरण में ले जाना

🇧🇩Bengali

নির্মূল করা

একটি নতুন এবং বিদেশী পরিবেশে তাদের মাতৃভূমি থেকে জোর করে সরানো (মানুষ)

🇮🇳Tamil

சிதைக்கும்

(மக்கள்) தங்கள் தாயகத்திலிருந்து புதிய மற்றும் வெளிநாட்டு சூழலுக்கு வலுக்கட்டாயமாக நகர்த்தவும்

🇮🇳Telugu

క్షీణించు

(ప్రజలను) వారి మాతృభూమి నుండి కొత్త మరియు విదేశీ వాతావరణంలోకి బలవంతంగా తరలించండి

🇮🇳Marathi

निर्दोष करणे

(लोकांना) जबरदस्तीने त्यांच्या जन्मभूमीतून नवीन आणि परदेशी वातावरणात हलवा

🇮🇳Gujarati

દૂર કરવું

(લોકોને) બળજબરીથી તેમના વતનમાંથી નવા અને વિદેશી વાતાવરણમાં ખસેડો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕ್ಷೀಣಿಸು

(ಜನರನ್ನು) ತಮ್ಮ ತಾಯ್ನಾಡಿನಿಂದ ಹೊಸ ಮತ್ತು ವಿದೇಶಿ ಪರಿಸರಕ್ಕೆ ಬಲವಂತವಾಗಿ ಸರಿಸಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഇല്ലാതാക്കുക

(ആളുകളെ) അവരുടെ മാതൃരാജ്യത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പുതിയതും വിദേശവുമായ അന്തരീക്ഷത്തിലേക്ക് നിർബന്ധിതമായി നീക്കുക

🇵🇰Urdu

صاف کرنا

(لوگوں) کو زبردستی ان کے وطن سے ایک نئے اور غیر ملکی ماحول میں منتقل کرنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

灭绝

强行将（人）从自己的祖国迁移到新的陌生环境

🇯🇵Japanese

脱皮する

（人々を）祖国から新しい異国の環境へ強制的に移動させる

🇰🇷Korean

폄하하다

(사람이) 고국에서 새롭고 낯선 환경으로 강제로 이동하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tẩy trắng

buộc (người) phải di chuyển khỏi quê hương của họ đến một môi trường mới và xa lạ

🇹🇭Thai

ทำลายล้าง

เคลื่อนย้าย (ผู้คน) โดยบังคับจากบ้านเกิดของตนไปสู่สภาพแวดล้อมใหม่และต่างประเทศ

🇮🇩Indonesian

membasmi

memindahkan (orang) secara paksa dari tanah airnya ke lingkungan yang baru dan asing

🇲🇾Malay

mengecilkan badan

memindahkan (rakyat) secara paksa dari tanah air mereka ke persekitaran baru dan asing

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

اجتثاث

نقل (الناس) قسراً من وطنهم إلى بيئة جديدة وأجنبية

🇮🇷Persian

از بین بردن

(مردم) را به زور از وطن خود به محیطی جدید و بیگانه نقل مکان کنند

🇹🇷Turkish

kökünü kazımak

(insanları) zorla memleketlerinden yeni ve yabancı bir çevreye taşımak

🇮🇱Hebrew

להשמיד

להעביר (אנשים) בכוח ממולדתם לסביבה חדשה וזרה

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