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How to pronounce estrange in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms alienate, disaffect
Type of alter, change, modify
Has types drift away, wean, drift apart
Derivation estrangement
Type Words
Type of move out, remove, take out
Derivation estrangement


years of boarding school estranged the child from her home.

Examples of estrange

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His strict adherence to classical norms has tended to estrange modern audiences.
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However Basiliscus managed to estrange himself from most of his key collaborators.
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But you also don't want to estrange yourself from friends and family members.
From the psychcentral.com
If anything, religion has helped to estrange the Kurds from their neighbors.
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I am not the only person who they have decided to estrange from their lives.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
I'm about to do something that may permanently estrange me from my family.
From the guardian.co.uk
It will require much more than difference of opinion to estrange us.
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It is a drastic step that may get her away from Rick, but it will likely estrange you completely.
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My next step is to estrange myself from the Republican Party.
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More examples
  • Remove from customary environment or associations; "years of boarding school estranged the child from her home"
  • Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"
  • (estranged) alienated: caused to be unloved
  • (estranging) making one feel out of place or alienated; "the landscape was estranging"
  • (Estranged (band)) Estranged are a Malaysian alternative rock band that formed in Damansara, Kuala Lumpur in 2001. ...
  • (Estranged (film)) Estranged is a 2006, 20 minute short film directed by D.J. Matrundola. The film is about a character named Chloe who is forced to reunite with her estranged brother, Julian, and drive down to their mother's hometown. ...
  • (Estranged (song)) "Estranged" is a song and music video by the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, from part two of their Use Your Illusion albums, Use Your Illusion II.
  • To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged); To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations
  • (estranged) Having become a stranger, of one who formerly was close, as a relative, friend, lover, or spouse