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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 | ||
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