Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb deracinate

2 senses of deracinate

Sense 1
uproot, deracinate -- (move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people")
       => displace -- (cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war")

Sense 2
uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out -- (pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden")
       => move, displace -- (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant")