as in to infuriate
to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring
she estranged several of her coworkers when she let her promotion go to her head
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Recent Examples of estrange
Nearly five women are murdered in America every day by a current, former or estranged intimate partner.
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Kathryn Spearman, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
Brooklyn, meanwhile, has been estranged from them for roughly three years.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
Over the last 20 or so years he has been estranged off and on from various family members, including our parents (now deceased), his children and me.
—R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026
Similar questions loom around Sade, who rarely grants interviews or performs live, and Joy Division/New Order, who have been estranged from bassist Peter Hook for two decades.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2026
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Kathryn Spearman, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
Brooklyn, meanwhile, has been estranged from them for roughly three years.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
Over the last 20 or so years he has been estranged off and on from various family members, including our parents (now deceased), his children and me.
—R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026
Similar questions loom around Sade, who rarely grants interviews or performs live, and Joy Division/New Order, who have been estranged from bassist Peter Hook for two decades.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estrange
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Her three opponents have accused her of mismanaging the office, presiding over growing legal payouts and making a series of missteps that infuriated members of the City Council.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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The court struck down that portion of the legislation, a move that infuriated Cindy's family.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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That’s Joel Schumacher’s 1993 revenge thriller about a fed-up white Angeleno who embarks on a violent odyssey across an alienating urban hellscape to reunite with his daughter.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
2 May 2026
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The two disagreed on whether data centers should connect to the grid, with Neugebauer alienating a potential customer.—
Chris Tomlinson,
Houston Chronicle,
30 Apr. 2026
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Starmer’s comments risk angering many within his party, who will take issue with his linking of antisemitism with pro-Palestinian activism.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
2 May 2026
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Those plans angered victims' families, and some prominent state officials called for regulators to deny or delay renewal of the camp's license, which had been under review by the Texas Department of State Health Services.—
Briauna Brown,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Griffin and opponents of Mamdani were enraged.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
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Wave head coach Jonas Eidevall walked off the pitch enraged after being shown a red card 10 minutes before his team suffered a 1-0 loss to Bay FC.—
Fernando Ramirez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 May 2026
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Orlando was right to be outraged.—
Jesse Plunkett,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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As did a man in Germany, who was a fan of his book and outraged by his Instagram post.—
Elise Taylor,
Vanity Fair,
22 Apr. 2026
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Falk said tariffs have soured international customers’ feelings about doing business with American farmers.—
Star Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
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That hasn’t been soured for me.—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
6 May 2026
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Militaries have spent years building up their defenses against drone warfare, with one of the most effective methods being the use of electronic jamming to sever the radio connection between the operator and the drone.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Apr. 2026
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While the agreements are unlikely to deliver immediate increases in production, they are designed to open pathways for investment and reestablish commercial ties severed during years of sanctions and political rupture.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Estrange.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estrange. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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