aliened

verb

Definition of alienednext
past tense of alien
1
as in alienated
to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring such angry outbursts will rapidly alien any friends you might possibly have left

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2
as in ceded
to give over the legal possession or ownership of the couple plans to alien the adjoining house lot to their eldest son

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aliened
  1. alienated
  2. ceded
  3. conveyed
  4. assigned
  5. angered
  6. transferred
  7. severed
  8. enraged
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  • Progressives have blamed Harris' loss on a failure to turn out the base, arguing her strategy of campaigning with Republicans like former Representative Liz Cheney alienated longtime Democratic voters.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
  • We might be largely alienated from the religion that spawned the all-consuming commercial hellscape that is the Christmas season, but if anything, that makes gay Christmas songs all the more resonant.
    James Factora, Them, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of alienated
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  • John Dutton wouldn’t have ceded the land back to Rainwater, right?
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Reports of summary executions and sectarian reprisals were limited, perhaps due, in part, to the way much of the Syrian army ceded territory without a fight.
    Sam Heller, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of ceded
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  • But these warped stories conveyed the impression that southern slavery was a humane system of human relations year round.
    Robert E. May / Made by History, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
  • In Jenkins’s pictures, so much is conveyed in silence, in the ways his people look at each other, or themselves.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of conveyed
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  • Each child was assigned a part of a flowerbed and chose what to do with it.
    Alon Avital, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Since 2010, the NCAA has required transgender athletes assigned male at birth to undergo at least one year of testosterone suppression therapy before becoming eligible to compete on women's teams.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of assigned
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  • But there would be uproar at such an increase, with supporters already angered over Ratcliffe’s decision to unilaterally hike seats not yet sold this season to a flat rate of £66, with no concessions for over-65s or under-16s.
    Adam Crafton, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • And Lina Khan, who chairs the country’s antitrust agency, has angered a lot of people.
    The Hill, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of angered
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  • The 6-7, 332-pound redshirt freshman and former three-star recruit from Phoenix transferred in from Northwestern and started nine games at right guard.
    Manny Navarro, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • According to Josef, three people were transferred to a local hospital, and one person was pronounced dead.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of transferred
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  • But the two countries have not severed diplomatic ties, Jean-Pierre Godbout, a spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada, told USA TODAY.
    Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • With Assad’s collapse, this supply line has been severed, isolating Hezbollah and disrupting the axis of resistance’s geographical connectivity.
    Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of severed
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  • But conservatives said they were enraged by the legislation.
    Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Lina Khan has enraged corporate America.
    Brian Fung, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of enraged
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“Aliened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aliened. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

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