estrange
verb (used with object)
to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of.
have estranged
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present perfectof estrange.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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Three differences are said to have estranged El Mayo from the chief.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 4, 2018
Instead, they have estranged many career staffers who serve veterans day-to-day.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2018
The pain and friction of his unexpected divorce have estranged him from Peru and strained many of his old friendships.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2018
Perhaps he was alluding to the several hundred pinpricks and quarrels which have estranged Bucharest and Moscow.
From Time Magazine Archive
Would this knowledge have raised me in the old man's esteem, or would it have estranged him from me? that was the question.
From That Boy Of Norcott's by Charles James Lever
