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estrange

[ih-streynj] / ɪˈstreɪndʒ /
VERB
destroy the affections of
Synonyms
STRONGEST
alienate divorce
STRONG
alien antagonize disaffect disunify disunite divert divide leave part separate sever split sunder wean withdraw withhold
WEAK
break up drive apart make hostile push away put on the outs set at odds turn off
Antonyms
STRONG
agree combine come connect hold join keep maintain stay unite
WEAK
engage marry

Example Sentences

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García's film is about fathers and sons, and it certainly tackles the thorniness that can estrange children and their parents.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2022

Another reason I spend more time advising those who estrange vs. those who have been estranged?

From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2022

I would be extremely surprised if your weird in-laws decide to permanently estrange themselves from your granddaughter over this, but odder things have happened.

From Slate • Nov. 1, 2019

Hval’s aim seems not to offend but to estrange, creating distance between herself and the listener; her narrators are unreliable but fascinating.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 15, 2015

But for Edmund, the one person who showed me any affection, the one who held faithfully by me, in spite of all that was done to estrange us, I could not have borne the life.

From Fickle Fortune by Elisabeth Burstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.