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Word divorce
WordType (verb)
Phonetic BrE / dɪˈvɔːs / NAmE / dɪˈvɔːrs /
Example
  • they're getting divorced.
  • she's divorcing her husband.
  • i'd heard they're divorcing.
  • they believed that art should be divorced from politics.
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divorce

(verb)BrE / dɪˈvɔːs / NAmE / dɪˈvɔːrs /
  1. to end your marriage to somebody legally
    • See related entries: Separation
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/separation/divorce_3
    • They're getting divorced.
    • She's divorcing her husband.
    • I'd heard they're divorcing.
  2. to separate a person, an idea, a subject, etc. from something; to keep two things separate
    • They believed that art should be divorced from politics.

    Extra Examples

    • He lived in a world of his own, increasingly divorced from reality.
    • The word has become utterly divorced from its original meaning.
    • He argues that morality cannot be divorced from religion.
    • I’d heard they’re divorcing.
    • She’s divorcing her husband.

    Verb Forms

    • present simple I / you / we / they divorce
    • he / she / it divorces
    • past simple divorced
    • past participle divorced
    • -ing form divorcing
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