divorce
/dɪˈvɔrs/
noun
- The legal ending of a marriage.
- After years of separation, they finally got a divorce.
- Many children adjust well to their parents' divorce over time.
- The divorce was finalized in court last month.
- A complete separation between two things that were once connected.
- There is a growing divorce between the government and the people it serves.
- The artist's work shows a divorce from traditional painting styles.
- The divorce of science from ethics can lead to dangerous discoveries.
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verb
- To legally end a marriage with someone.
- He divorced his wife in 2010.
- She decided to divorce her husband after ten years of marriage.
- They divorced amicably and remained friends.
- To separate two things completely.
- We need to divorce our emotions from the decision-making process.
- It is impossible to divorce politics from economics.
- The company tried to divorce its brand from the scandal.