deracinate | (verb) pull up by or as if by the roots | Synonyms: extirpate, root out, uproot |
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(verb) move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment | Synonyms: uproot |
deracination | (noun) the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence | Synonyms: excision, extirpation |
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(noun) to move something from its natural environment | Synonyms: displacement |
derail | (verb) run off or leave the rails | Synonyms: jump |
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(verb) cause to run off the tracks | - |
derailment | (noun) an accident in which a train runs off its track | - |
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derange | (verb) throw into great confusion or disorder | Synonyms: perturb, throw out of kilter |
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(verb) derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane | Synonyms: unbalance |
deranged | (adjective) driven insane | Synonyms: crazed, half-crazed |
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derangement | (noun) the act of disturbing the mind or body | Synonyms: overthrow, upset |
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(noun) a state of mental disturbance and disorientation | Synonyms: mental unsoundness, unbalance |
derate | (verb) lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus | - |
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