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

The disappointment did not stop Mary Kay from marrying the manager, who was also her boss, in 1946, the year after divorcing her first husband. — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026

Country music star Jelly Roll and podcaster Bunnie Xo are supportive of their future romantic pursuits after divorcing. — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 11 July 2026

Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is divorcing her husband, according to her mother, after allegations that her husband was cross-dressing and talking to online fetish models. — Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 10 July 2026

From creator, writer, executive producer, and star Diarra Kilpatrick, Season 1 follows Diarra, a divorcing schoolteacher who refuses to believe she’s been ghosted by her rebound Tinder date. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 9 July 2026

The two tied the knot in 2022 before divorcing two years later. — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026

They got engaged in 2018 and married in 2021, ultimately divorcing in 2026. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 29 June 2026

Warbin and the actor married in 2000 before divorcing in 2010. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 23 June 2026

The Iowa native and her ex-husband, George Englund, had five children before divorcing in 1978. — Maggie Fremont, Entertainment Weekly, 23 June 2026