defriend
verb
de·friend
(ˌ)dē-ˈfrend 
defriending; defriended; defriends
: to remove (someone) from a list of designated friends on a social networking website : unfriend
Facebook users may also choose to "defriend" any of their previously added friends, at which point that individual will have restricted access to the user's information if privacy settings are enabled.—
Rahul S. Chauhan et al.
Rahul S. Chauhan et al.Get rid of all memorabilia of your relationship and defriend your ex's friends and family on Facebook.—Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
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Now, members of a Washington, D.C., governmental committee, wanting to defriend him sometime soon, can’t even find their own beds.
—Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service (tns), Star Tribune, 8 Sep. 2020
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Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service (tns), Star Tribune, 8 Sep. 2020
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“Defriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/defriend. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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