estrange meaning and definition

ESTRANGE verb

Definition of estrange (verb)

1. remove from customary environment or associations
   • "years of boarding school estranged the child from her home"
2. 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, alienate, disaffect