Alienate
Alienate verb - To cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring.
Usage example: his heartless treatment of their mother during the divorce proceeding has completely alienated the two children
Dissociate and alienate are semantically related In some cases you can use "Dissociate" instead a verb "Alienate".
Dissociate
Dissociate verb - To set or force apart.
Alienate and dissociate are semantically related in separate topic. You can use "Alienate" instead a verb "Dissociate", if it concerns topics such as isolate.
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