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Divorce
01
the legal act of ending a marriage
Examples
After years of marital conflict, they decided to pursue a divorce and go their separate ways.
The couple sought counseling in an attempt to save their marriage, but ultimately, they ended up filing for divorce.
to divorce
01
to legally end a marriage
Intransitive
Examples
After years of struggling, they decided to divorce and pursue separate lives.
The couple sought counseling, but ultimately, they had to face the difficult decision to divorce.
02
to disconnect or sever the relationship between two things or entities
Transitive: to divorce sth from sth
Examples
They had to divorce their personal lives from their business partnership to remain professional.
The artist chose to divorce the artwork from its original political context to give it new meaning.
Divorce
01
a man who has undergone a divorce, indicating that he was previously married but is now legally separated from his spouse
