Definition of "deracinate" [de•rac•i•nate]

• To pull out by the roots; uproot. (verb-transitive)
• To displace from one's native or accustomed environment. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Matt Yglesias makes some telling points, but we'll merely linger on the word deracinate for a moment."
• "(F) Creating a mandatory “America Serves” community-service program to indoctrinate and deracinate young European Americans"
• "He felt compelled to surgically deracinate himself, altering his nose, his lips, his hair."