Verb: estrange e'streynj or i'streynj
- Remove from customary environment or associations
"years of boarding school estranged the child from her home"
- Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
"She estranged her friends when she became fanatically religious";
- alienate, disaffect
Derived forms: estranged, estranges, estranging
Type of: alter, change, modify, move out, remove, take out
Encyclopedia: Estrange