DERACINATION Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word deracination. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for DERACINATION
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annihilation | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • destruction by annihilating something • total destruction | ||||||||
elimination | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of removing or getting rid of something • the bodily process of discharging waste matter • analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives • the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations • the murder of a competitor | ||||||||
eradication | nounn | |||||||
noun • the complete destruction of every trace of something | ||||||||
extermination | nounn | |||||||
noun • complete annihilation • the act of exterminating | ||||||||
removal | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of removing • dismissal from office | ||||||||
uprooting | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
verb • move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment • destroy completely, as if down to the roots • pull up by or as if by the roots | ||||||||
displacement | nounn | |||||||
noun • act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics • an event in which something is displaced without rotation • the act of uniform movement • (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one • to move something from its natural environment • act of removing from office or employment | ||||||||
excision | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage • surgical removal of a body part or tissue • the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society • the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence | ||||||||
extirpation | nounn | |||||||
noun • surgical removal of a body part or tissue • the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence |