Alienate and Turn

Alienate

Alienate verb - To cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring.

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Turn and alienate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Turn" instead a verb "Alienate".

Nearby Words: alien, alienation, alienating, alienable

Turn verb - To move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis.

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Alienate and turn are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alienate" instead a verb "Turn".

Nearby Words: turned, turning

person	alienate person	turn person
people	alienate people	turn people
children	alienate children	turn children
world	alienate world	turn world
Other words: anyone, town, player, everyone, friends.

By slaughtering the Elves at Alqualondë, they turn King Thingol against them, and further alienate him when they kidnap his daughter.

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Even more so Cersei Lannister in particular, who managed to surprise even Magnificent Bastard Petyr Baelish with how fast she managed to alienate everyone and turn her control of the kingdoms into a disaster.

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