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onthemen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deracinate verb To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
  • displace verb To force people to leave their home or homeland.

Senses

onthemen is used for these senses in English:

  • deracinate To force (people) from their homeland to a new or foreign location.
  • displace To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.

deracinate — full definition

  1. verb To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
  2. verb To force (people) from their homeland to a new or foreign location.
  3. verb To liberate or be liberated from a culture or its norms.

displace — full definition

  1. verb To force people to leave their home or homeland.
  2. verb To take the place of something or someone, often by being better suited.
  3. verb To move something out of its normal or original position.

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