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alienate

vt alien·ate \ˈā-lē-ə-ˌnāt, ˈāl-yə-\
alien·at·edalien·at·ing

Medical Definition of ALIENATE

:  to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent where attachment formerly existed

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