English verb: estrange | |||
1. | estrange (social) remove from customary environment or associations | ||
Samples | Years of boarding school estranged the child from her home. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | move out, remove, take out | ||
2. | estrange (emotion) arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness | ||
Samples | She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious. | ||
Examples | The performance is likely to estrange Sue | ||
Synonyms | alien, alienate, disaffect | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | drift apart, drift away, wean | ||