alienate
verb (used with object)
to make indifferent or hostile.
has alienated
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present perfectof alienate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Beijing has alienated most of the other European partners it courted through the so-called 17+1 initiative a decade ago, notes Dimitar Lilkov, a senior research officer at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies.
From Barron's ● Apr. 17, 2026
He returns to the tragedy later in his survey after guilt has alienated the Macbeths from each other and they find themselves trapped in a nightmare of their own making.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2026
Now Musk has alienated the person who would grant him those favors, without doing anything to win back the people who would buy the cars.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2025
While the company's transformation has helped attract investors, it has alienated some members of its staff and critics.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2024
Injustice has alienated me from him; justice reproaches me for it.
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3 by S. C. (Stephen Cullen) Carpenter
