Definition of "deracinates" [deracinates]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deracinate. Pulls up by the roots. (verb)

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• "The "sensation of taking root" disgusts him and makes him think of a malignant polyp; he deracinates himself by carefully standing aside from whatever language he happens to be using, like an alien intrigued and mystified by the dialect of the tribe."