alienate
Drive a wedge
To alienate is to make someone feel isolated or estranged.
You might alienate friends by ignoring them, or alienate voters with unpopular policies.
The word suggests pushing away people who were once close or sympathetic: His arrogance alienated his colleagues.
In law, to alienate property is to transfer ownership to another party.
Exclude from a group
- disownReject connection to
- rejectDismiss as unsuitable
- severCut apart completely
- detachTo separate from
disconnect · banish · excommunicate · expel · abandon · spurn · shun · cut off
Remove or pull away
- secludeSet apart from others
- segregateSeparate by category
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- marginalizeTreat as insignificant
exclude · separate · loneliness · solitude · withdrawal · seclusion · hermit · recluse
Communicate or transport
- deedWritten property conveyance
- assignGive as responsibility
- cedeFormally surrender possession
- transferMove between locations
devolve · reassign · divest · relinquish · conveyance · title transfer · property transfer · quitclaim
Destroy naive beliefs
- disenchantFree from false beliefs
- antagonizeIncite hostility in
- offendCause hurt feelings
- repelDrive off or disgust
disgust · embitter · frustrate · disappoint · discontent · resentment · bitterness · hostility
ostracize
Exclude from a group
detach · disconnect · banish · excommunicate · expel · abandon · spurn · shun · cut off · distance
withdraw
Remove or pull away
- secludeSet apart from others
- segregateSeparate by category
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
marginalize · exclude · separate · loneliness · solitude · withdrawal · seclusion · hermit · recluse · outsider
convey
Communicate or transport
transfer · devolve · reassign · divest · relinquish · conveyance · title transfer · property transfer · quitclaim · dispose
disillusion
Destroy naive beliefs
- disenchantFree from false beliefs
- antagonizeIncite hostility in
- offendCause hurt feelings
repel · disgust · embitter · frustrate · disappoint · discontent · resentment · bitterness · hostility · animosity
- parental alienationManipulating child against other parent
- social alienationDisconnection from society, self
- cultural alienationDisconnection from one's heritage
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