entwurzeln — meaning in English

English meaning

• deracinate verb To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
• extirpate verb To clear an area of roots and stumps.
• uproot verb To pull a plant out of the ground, roots and all.

Senses

entwurzeln is used for these senses in English:

• extirpate (transitive) To pull up by the roots; uproot.
• uproot (figuratively) To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.

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.

extirpate — full definition

1. verb To clear an area of roots and stumps.
2. verb To pull up by the roots; uproot.
3. verb To destroy completely; to annihilate.
4. verb To cause a population to go extinct in a particular region, but not across the entire range of the species or subspecies.

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