alienate
verb
[ ˈeɪlɪəneɪt ]
• make (someone) feel isolated or estranged.
• "an urban environment which would alienate its inhabitants"
Similar:
estrange,
turn away,
set apart,
drive apart,
isolate,
detach,
distance,
put at a distance,
set against,
part,
separate,
cut off,
sever,
divide,
divorce,
disunite,
set at variance/odds,
make hostile to,
drive a wedge between,
sow dissension,
• transfer ownership of (property rights) to another person or group.
• "they defended the Masai against attempts to alienate their land"
Origin:
early 16th century: from Latin alienat- ‘estranged’, from the verb alienare, from alienus ‘of another’ (see alien).
