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desenraizar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deracinate verb To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
  • eradicate verb To destroy or get rid of something completely, especially a disease or problem.

Senses

desenraizar is used for these senses in English:

  • deracinate To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
  • eradicate (transitive) To pull up by the roots.

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.

Related Portuguese words