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estrange

🇬🇧 UK/ɪ'streɪn(d)ʒ/🇺🇸 US/i'streindʒ/
GREC2

Definitions

v.

To cause someone to become distant or unfriendly; to alienate a person from a relationship or group.

使疏远,使离间

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
exout of, former
+
strangunusual, unfamiliar, foreign
+
eto make, having
=estrange

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Years of misunderstanding estranged the once-close siblings from each other.

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