English dictionary

estrange

/E/'str/eI/n/dZ/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

remove from customary environment or associations

verb.social

Examples
Years of boarding school estranged the child from her home.

Source: WordNet 3.0
arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness

verb.emotion

Synonyms alien alienate disaffect

Source: WordNet 3.0
To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with.

verb

Source: webster1913