Synonyms of divorcing

divorcing

verb

present participle of divorce

as in separating

to set or force apart

in your head you need to divorce your wishes and fantasies from the realities of the world as it is

Synonyms & Similar Words

• separating
• dividing
• splitting
• disconnecting
• resolving
• severing
• dissociating
• disassociating
• parting
• detaching
• decoupling
• isolating
• uncoupling
• pulling
• sundering
• decomposing
• disuniting
• subdividing
• dissecting
• dissolving
• ramifying
• disjoining
• unyoking
• disintegrating
• unlinking
• breaking up
• dissevering
• fragmenting
• disjointing
• cleaving
• tearing
• disassembling
• partitioning
• ripping
• segregating
• halving
• fracturing
• bifurcating
• fractionating
• segmenting
• bisecting
• breaking
• quartering
• rupturing
• dichotomizing
• rending
• breaking down
• fragmentizing
• trisecting
• sequestering
• unraveling
• fragmentating
• disentangling
• insulating
• disengaging
• fractionalizing
• secluding
• cutting off
• riving
• untying
• rifting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• joining
• mixing
• linking
• combining
• uniting
• blending
• connecting
• assembling
• coupling
• mingling
• associating
• unifying
• closing
• binding
• attaching
• sticking
• accumulating
• cementing
• welding
• fusing
• knitting
• fastening
• agglutinating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of divorcing

Braun and Cohen were married for nearly a decade before divorcing in 2022. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 2 Sep. 2026

Right now there’s a lot of talk about divorcing your parents going around. — Deputy Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Cruise and Kidman met around the time of the film and married in 1990 before divorcing in 2001. — Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

Affleck married Jennifer Lopez in 2022, divorcing two years later. — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026

State media has reported cases of officials divorcing to conceal the proceeds of crime. — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

The two-time Oscar winner played Miranda, who was divorcing Robin Williams’ Daniel in the 1993 comedy. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026

Some schools offer group therapy programs for children of separating or divorcing parents. — Patricia Fersch, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

The former couple tied the knot in 2004 before divorcing in 2009. — Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026