deracinate
Collocations
3ADJ.
delicate, enough
VERB + DERACINATE
crack, rend
DERACINATE + NOUN
habits, unity
Definitions
verb
To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
Divert and crack, rend and deracinate, The unity and married calm of states Quite from their fixture!
The State has no tool delicate enough to deracinate the rooted habits and tangled affections of the family; the two sexes, whether happy or unhappy, are glued together too tightly for us to get the blade of a legal penknife in between them.
To force (people) from their homeland to a new or foreign location.
To liberate or be liberated from a culture or its norms.
Observing the highest echelons of Indian society, she notes the way in which some Indians become completely — almost absurdly — anglicized or deracinated.
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3Divert and crack, rend and deracinate, The unity and married calm of states Quite from their fixture!
WiktionaryThe State has no tool delicate enough to deracinate the rooted habits and tangled affections of the family; the two sexes, whether happy or unhappy, are glued together too tightly for us to get the bl
WiktionaryObserving the highest echelons of Indian society, she notes the way in which some Indians become completely — almost absurdly — anglicized or deracinated.
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