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History
Synonyms
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Meaning:
alienate

to cause (a person) to become unfriendly or indifferent (by unpopular or unpleasant actions)

cause unfriendliness, hostility

cleave

to cup (something) into two (with a blow from a heavy axe etc)

divide, split

clove

of cleave

divide, split

cloven

of cleave

divide, split

detach

to unfasten and take (something) apart

disconnect, cut off

disconnect

to take (two things) apart

take apart; uncouple

discontinue

to put an end to, stop (something)

prevent activity from going on

disengage

to cause (one machine part) to become detached

free from connection

disintegrate

(to cause something) to break up into small pieces

fall apart; reduce to pieces

dislocate

to put (a bone in the body) out of position

displace

dissociate

to refuse to associate oneself / a person with, support, a person, idea etc

part company with; separate

divide

to separate or be separated

separate, disconnect

estrange

to cause a person no longer to have friends

destroy the affections of

interrupt

to break the continuity of (something)

bother, interfere

scatter

(to cause people, animals, things) to go in different directions

strew, disperse

sever

to cut (the usual word); to break (something) off

cut apart

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