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  • 121disunite — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. divide, separate, dissociate, estrange; see alienate , divide 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To become or cause to become apart one from another: break, detach, disjoin, disjoint, divide, divorce, part, separate,… …

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  • 122estrange — es·trange || ɪ streɪndÊ’ v. alienate, cause hostility, disaffect; separate, keep away …

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  • 123estranged — es·tranged || ɪ streɪndÊ’d adj. apart, separated (spouse, etc.); alienated, disaffected es·trange || ɪ streɪndÊ’ v. alienate, cause hostility, disaffect; separate, keep away …

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  • 124estranges — es·trange || ɪ streɪndÊ’ v. alienate, cause hostility, disaffect; separate, keep away …

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  • 125estranging — es·trange || ɪ streɪndÊ’ v. alienate, cause hostility, disaffect; separate, keep away …

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  • 126disaffected — adjective dissatisfied with those in authority and no longer willing to support them. Derivatives disaffectedly adverb disaffection noun Origin C17: past participle of disaffect, orig. in the sense dislike or disorder …

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  • 127alienate — v. a. 1. Abalienate, transfer, demise, consign, assign, convey, devolve, make over, deliver over. 2. Estrange, disaffect, wean, withdraw the affections of, make unfriendly …

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  • 128estrange — v. a. 1. Withdraw, withhold, keep away. 2. Divert, alienate, apply to a foreign purpose. 3. Disaffect, alienate, make unfriendly, make disaffected, destroy one s affections, turn away …

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