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.
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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.