alienate
/ˈeɪ·li·əˌneɪt/, /ˈeɪl·jə-/ v [T]Definition
› to cause a person or people to stop supporting someone or to stop feeling welcome: All these changes to the newspaper have alienated its old readers. alienation /ˌeɪ·li·əˈneɪ·ʃən/, /ˌeɪl·jə-/ n [U] › The alienation of young adults has lowered the number of people who vote.
(Definition of alienate v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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