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
High Potential ended its first season by confirming that Morgan’s estranged ex is alive and well, thus bumping the search for Ava’s father to the top of Morgan’s priority list moving forward.
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Andy Swift, TVLine, 16 Sep. 2025
Brooke was estranged from Hulk and her mother, Linda Hogan, long before his death.
—Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
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.
—PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Anderson was estranged from most of her siblings and other relatives.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 2025
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Andy Swift, TVLine, 16 Sep. 2025
Brooke was estranged from Hulk and her mother, Linda Hogan, long before his death.
—Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
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.
—PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Anderson was estranged from most of her siblings and other relatives.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estrange
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The journey, first to Paris and then through Switzerland and Milan and onwards to Venice, was for the most part pleasant, being blessedly free of many of the wearisome and often infuriating hindrances and misdirections that rail travel usually entails.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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Don’t be surprised if this is a hot-hand situation, though, and rather infuriating.—
Jake Ciely,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Experts and business owners told with regards to the retail sector that raising prices to cope with long-term inflationary trends and recent pressures is a difficult balancing act—that while potentially necessary to protect profitability, risks alienating increasingly budget-conscious consumers.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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Navigating progressive politics has long been a commercially treacherous act for country stars, who risk alienating their conservative fanbase.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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And nothing angers the Survivor gods more than reality TV hubris.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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Comments the host made after the murder of right wing activist and influencer Charlie Kirk angered MAGA supporters and saw the nation’s largest station group, Nexstar – which has its own mega merger up for review at the FCC – preempt the late night staple.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
30 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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As a huge golf lover myself, I was enraged by having to listen to the constant abuse and unsporting behaviour of the crowd.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
30 Sep. 2025
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Trump had already enraged some Indians by taking credit for brokering a ceasefire, in May, between India and Pakistan, after the countries had engaged in their worst military conflict in decades.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
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For several days this week, cities across the Indian Ocean nation – one of Africa’s poorest – have been flooded with young protesters outraged over water shortages and rolling blackouts.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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The move outraged leading Democrats.—
Franco Ordoñez,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
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Public sentiment was already souring as inflation and living costs skyrocketed.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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Alonso is a beloved member of the Mets, but last year's negotiations likely soured him on the team's front office.—
Michael Hurley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Vasquez died from gunshot wounds to the face and to the left of Vasquez’s belly button, which affected several internal organs and severed his spinal cord, according to previous testimony.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
3 Oct. 2025
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The attacker allegedly severed the boy’s head from his body and continued to attack his torso as the victim’s mother watched.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Estrange.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estrange. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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