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    estrange - Dictionary definition and meaning for word estrange

    Definition
    (verb) remove from customary environment or associations
    Example Sentence
    • years of boarding school estranged the child from her home
    Definition
    (verb) arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
    Synonyms : alien , alienate , disaffect
    Example Sentence
    • She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for estrange

en prefix is "to make/dp".. endanger, engender, enrich..etc.. En+stranger is to make someone a stranger. You can make only your close ppl strangers, not strangers. Eg., you estranged your close friend

Estrange: E ke zamane mein sab stranger honge and sab kuch divided ho jayega

estrange: separated or alienated people say es ka nature bahot starnge he always stay in estrange state alone

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A group of people who loved each other behaved with annoyance when stranded on an island with them. They strangled each other instead.

You feel "Strange" if your close friends are acting like strangers !! Hence ESTRANGE: when close friends become hostile ..

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