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estrange
(/E/'str/eI/n/dZ/ )

verb (v)

  • remove from customary environment or associations(verb.social)
    Example:
    Years of boarding school estranged the child from her home.
    source: wordnet30
  • arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness(verb.emotion)
    source: wordnet30
  • To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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