estrange

verb

arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness

remove from customary environment or associations

Roots

extraneusstrang- · Latin · foreign, outside

Synonyms for estrange

alienatev disaffectv disunitev disjoinv dissociatev isolatev weanv disengagev antagonizev

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