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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 de·rac·i·nate /(ˌ)diˈræsṇˌet/
 (vt.)根除,滅絕,使孤立

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 De·rac·i·nate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deracinated p. pr. & vb. n. Deracinating ]  To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate. [R.]
 While that the colter rusts
 That should deracinate such savagery.   --Shak.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 deracinate
      v 1: move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and
           foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"
           [syn: displace, uproot]
      2: pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has
         spread all over the garden" [syn: uproot, extirpate, root
         out]