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
The actor has previously alleged that his father Christopher was physically abusive, revealing in a March interview that he's been estranged from his dad for about 30 years.
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Edward Segarra, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
Brian and Thomas Walshe had been estranged for years, but the only child argued that his dad didn't leave a will and convinced the Plymouth County Probate Court in Massachusetts to name him as personal representative for the estate that December, according to The Boston Globe.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Four years before that, estranged daughter Louella Grace, living in New York, hired lawyers to sue Lilly.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Dec. 2025
Hawke plays a widower in 1930s Oregon, estranged from his daughter and adrift in a world of gold smugglers.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2025
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The development appears to have infuriated the center’s interim president, MAGA loyalist Richard Grenell.—
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Trump’s blunt warnings have infuriated the country’s leaders, who have since doubled down on crushing the protests.—
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For an entire decade now, Democrats have consistently alienated allies — with devastating results.—
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Holding the two halves together builds something that neither half could make alone, and treating either as infallible turns them into engines for manufacturing enemies and alienating friends.—
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With an economy that is persistently reliant on crude, pursuing policies that raise energy costs risks angering constituents.—
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The board instead approved a resolution to reexamine current campus spaces, angering some parents.—
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The movies of 2026 have got it all, from iconic Disney toys and Steven Spielberg aliens to Ghostface and Baby Yoda.—
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At the beginning of the book, aliens implant images of tool-using into the minds of man-apes.—
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Starting over with a new coach or general manager right now takes contender off the table, and judging by the support thrown behind the head coach, would enrage Burrow in the process.—
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Jensen’s father, David Jensen, was enraged by McIntyre’s not guilty plea.—
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This claim — and the American military intervention in Venezuela this weekend — has outraged some in neighboring Colombia, particularly those on the left, who warn of American interventionism and regional hegemony.—
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Black Lives Matter leaders, who hosted the Sunday night vigil, are outraged by what happened.—
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Boston asked Devers to move to DH, and the team's relationship with the slugger soured to the point that Devers was traded to San Francisco in June.—
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Boston asked Devers to move to DH, and the team’s relationship with the slugger soured to the point that Devers was traded to San Francisco in June.—
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To minimize okra's infamous textural issues, take care not to cut the stem end so closely that the pod is severed.—
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In 2022, debris from an underwater volcanic eruption severed the island's only subsea communication cable, cutting the island off from the rest of the world.—
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“Estrange.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estrange. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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