alienate

Definition of abbreviation (noun) -

to estrange; to isolate; to requisition; to confiscate

Part of speech:

Verb

Forms: alienated; alienated; alienating

Example sentences with this word:

Widespread surveillance threatens to alienate the public.

Following his ejection from Kidderminster, the Bishop, the deans and many of the curates had preached long and bitter sermons against Richard Baxter to alienate the people from him.

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