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
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin play estranged old friends who reconnect at the funeral of a mutual friend, only to realize that their friend's dead husband was really the villain in all their lives.
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PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Anderson was estranged from most of her siblings and other relatives.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 2025
For the family drama, about a film director father Gustav Borg (Stellan Skarsgard), estranged from his two adult daughters, theater actress Nora (Reinsve) and academic historian Agnes (newcomer Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas), Trier drops the irony.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Road Trip follows Maeve and Therese Dunigan, polar opposite sisters who have been estranged from each other for years.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Anderson was estranged from most of her siblings and other relatives.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 2025
For the family drama, about a film director father Gustav Borg (Stellan Skarsgard), estranged from his two adult daughters, theater actress Nora (Reinsve) and academic historian Agnes (newcomer Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas), Trier drops the irony.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Road Trip follows Maeve and Therese Dunigan, polar opposite sisters who have been estranged from each other for years.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for estrange
Recent Examples of Synonyms for estrange
Verb
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In March, a bloc of centrist lawmakers broke ranks to advance a Republican spending bill without concessions, infuriating progressive groups that accused party leaders of capitulation.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
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My astrologer’s eyes twinkled with infuriating delight.—
Jessie Rosen,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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As the 2024 election strongly indicated, Democrats alienated a sizable share of the electorate with their recent move to the left.—
Douglas Schoen,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
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Many surveys show that college students are fearful of saying something that will alienate them from their peers or invite the disapproval of their instructors.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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However, sharp spending cuts have angered many, while a recent electoral defeat for his party worried investors ahead of a key legislative vote in October.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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The new program, Train SMART, also risks angering a network of grassroots chapters and gun violence prevention volunteers at Everytown.—
Nick Penzenstadler,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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In ever more apocalyptic language, Trump has sought to unify his MAGA movement with strongman pledges to defend Americans from millions of hostile foreigners seeking to storm the country and to root out enemy aliens within.—
Julia Preston,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Oct. 2024
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The film follows a ragtag group of actors (played by Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, among other stars) from an ‘80s sci-fi series who aliens unexpectedly abduct during a convention appearance.—
Matt Juul,
BostonGlobe.com,
7 July 2023
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Pinning the blame on Tylenol instead of vaccines enraged Kennedy's own anti-vaccine organization, Children's Health Defense.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Sep. 2025
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The film captures every enraging detail of the trial while using it as a jumping off point for an exploration of the history of the region and the ways in which the Chuchagasta have been bureaucratically erased in order to strip them of their property and rights.—
Vulture Staff,
Vulture,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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As if to prove the magnificent treasures within Paris now belonged to the German dictator, the statue of Great War French hero General Mangin—which outraged the Führer—was destroyed.—
Christopher C. Gorham
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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In fact, Western leaders are mostly appeasing domestic constituencies outraged by the suffering of ordinary Gazans.—
Bloomberg Opinion,
Twin Cities,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But there are other, non-football gripes which have soured the relationship between the fans and ownership.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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But Greenfield and Cohen’s relationship with Unilever soured over the past several years, particularly after Ben & Jerry’s resolved to cease selling its ice cream in Israeli settlements in 2021.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
17 Sep. 2025
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In introducing the new youth program, the church severed ties with the Boy Scouts of America after nearly a century, according to the Associated Press.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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Then make a 45-degree cut from the bed towards the first cut to form a trench that severs the root system of the nearby grass.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Estrange.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estrange. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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