estrange

To estrange is defined as to separate or disconnect.

(verb)

See estrange in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to remove, as from usual surroundings or associates; keep apart or away
to turn (a person) from an affectionate or friendly attitude to an indifferent, unfriendly, or hostile one; alienate the affections of

Origin: OFr estranger, to remove < ML extraneare, to treat as a stranger < L extraneus, strange

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See estrange in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es

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Origin: Middle English estraungen

Origin: , from Old French estrangier

Origin: , from Latin extrāneāre, to treat as a stranger, disown

Origin: , from extrāneus, foreign; see strange

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