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Divorce (Verb)

Meaning 1

Part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Examples

  • The community decided to divorce itself from the corrupt politician to avoid further scandal.
  • The artist chose to divorce her music from the pop culture that she felt had started to influence her too much.
  • After the disagreement, he decided to divorce himself from the group's activities.
  • The shareholders voted to divorce the company from its failing business division.
  • The activist group had to divorce itself from its founder after serious allegations surfaced against him.

Synonyms

  • Disassociate
  • Disjoint
  • Dissociate
  • Disunite

Hypernyms

  • Break
  • Split
  • Separate
  • Part
  • Break Up

Meaning 2

Get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Examples

  • After years of turmoil they decided to divorce and go their separate ways.
  • Her parents divorced when she was just a teenager and she had to live with her mother.
  • They realized they were too young to get married and decided to divorce soon after the wedding.
  • A year after moving to a new city, they found themselves growing apart and eventually decided to divorce.
  • Their lack of communication led to a series of fights that ended in their decision to divorce.

Synonyms

  • Split Up

Hypernyms

  • Break
  • Split
  • Split Up
  • Part
  • Break Up

Related Words

  • Divorce (noun)
  • Divorcee (noun)
  • Divorcement (noun)
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