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All deracinate synonyms

de·rac·i·nate
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verb deracinate

  • wipe out — an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture.
  • annihilate — To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
  • stamp out — to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
  • abolish — If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
  • uproot — to pull out by or as if by the roots: The hurricane uprooted many trees and telephone poles.
  • weed out — a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
  • displace — to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
  • overthrow — to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish: to overthrow a tyrant.
  • overturn — to destroy the power of; overthrow; defeat; vanquish.
  • efface — to wipe out; do away with; expunge: to efface one's unhappy memories.
  • demolish — To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
  • total — constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
  • off — so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off.
  • abate — If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
  • liquidate — to settle or pay (a debt): to liquidate a claim.
  • obliterate — to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely.
  • trash — anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
  • squash — to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
  • purge — to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.
  • scratch — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
  • scrub — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
  • waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
  • raze — to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
  • torpedo — a self-propelled, cigar-shaped missile containing explosives and often equipped with a homing device, launched from a submarine or other warship, for destroying surface vessels or other submarines.
  • remove — to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
  • kill — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
  • move — to pass from one place or position to another.
  • weed — Thurlow [thur-loh] /ˈθɜr loʊ/ (Show IPA), 1797–1882, U.S. journalist and politician.
  • do away with — from this or that place; off: to go away.
  • rub out — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
  • blot out — If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen.
  • mow down — to cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.
  • root out — a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
  • shoot down — the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
  • take out — the act of taking.
  • unroot — to uproot.
  • wash out — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
  • cut out — If you cut something out, you remove or separate it from what surrounds it using scissors or a knife.
  • pull up — the act of pulling or drawing.
  • dig up — to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
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