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alienate - Dictionary definition and meaning for alienate

ALIENATE

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  • (verb) arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness

    "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"

    synonyms : alien , disaffect , estrange
  • (verb) make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated

    "the boring work alienated his employees"

  • (verb) transfer property or ownership

    "The will aliened the property to the heirs"

    synonyms : alien

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Selected Mnemonic for alienate

  • (Tag: Global) Alien+ate. treat someone like an alien i.e. being unfriendly or getting separated.

    added by abhims2

Mnemonics for alienate

  • (Tag: ) alian+ate...if a alian comes and eat all food on earth .we all become unfriendly and hostile to it.

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  • (Tag: ) Alienate = A + lie + nate; When I tell 'A lie' it 'Alienates' my father.

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  • (Tag: English(Alien)) Aliens may be hostile creatures living in a separate distance planet. To 'alienate' two friends mean 'To make them enemy or hostile' which in turn means 'To separate these two friends':D

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