estrange
7 05 2008Verbs
1. (verb) estrange;
- remove from customary environment or associations;
- “years of boarding school estranged the child from her home”;
2. (verb) alien, alienate, disaffect, estrange;
- arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness;
- “She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious”;
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