Alienate
Alienate verb - To give over the legal possession or ownership of.
Usage example: a landowner has a right to alienate his right of ownership—in other words, he can sell the land if he wants to
Leave and alienate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Leave" instead a verb "Alienate".
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To be fair to said parents, they never actually abuse or alienate any of their kids, but their parenting does leave something to be desired.
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The Smart Guy may be so smart that it's said to alienate others and leave him lonely or anti-social, but if he's in a Five-Man Band, he almost certainly has at least four True Companions.
Source: Cursed with Awesome - You can either reply in kind (which will alienate your partner) or reject him/her in one of two ways (which will alienate the companion bot and get him/her to leave for good shortly after).
Source: A Threesome Is Hot
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Leave and Alienate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/alienate/leave
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Leave or Alienate. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/alienate/leave.
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