alienate
Verb
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Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness (synset 201827478)
"She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"subtypes:
- drift apart, drift away - lose personal contact over time
- wean - detach the affections of
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Transfer property or ownership (synset 202225792)
"The will aliened the property to the heirs"is a type of: transfer - cause to change ownershipsame as: alien
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Make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated (synset 201827830)
"the boring work alienated his employees"
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