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deracinate

/dih-ras-uh-neyt/US // dɪˈræs əˌneɪt //UK // (dɪˈræsɪˌneɪt) //

脱空,脱盐,脱离,解除武装

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    de·rac·i·nat·ed, de·rac·i·nat·ing.

    • : to pull up by the roots; uproot; extirpate; eradicate.
    • : to isolate or alienate from a native or customary culture or environment.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as ineradicate

Examples

  • Och, and the girls whose poor hearts you deracinate, Whirl and bewilder and flutter and fascinate!

  • No one by taking thought, can deracinate the mental habits of, say, twenty years.

  • You cannot deracinate that wide-rooted dogma within your soul that more money means more joy.

  • To deracinate Lowell was impossible, and it was for this very reason that he became so serviceable an international personage.