to divorce
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3.0
- verb
- /dɪˈvɔrs/
:
divorciarse
- As an adult, she divorced her children's father and suffered unemployment due to her illness.
- get divorced
- divorce one's wife
And I remember seeing people divorce as I got older.
- And I remember seeing people divorce as I got older.
- And I was like, we've been divorced for years.
- My mom and my father divorced when I was seven years old.
- Please, if we ever are getting divorced or breakup, don't use this clip.
- It's nine months old titled My husband wants to divorce me over a hot dog.
- But you know, and I've seen a lot of people get divorced and do just fine.
- Every time he said we too can never divorce each other, I wanted to leave him.
- So when they got divorced, they were fighting, overseeing the dogs.
- And so you know, I'm divorcing you and they're like in a rage at you.
- No, I have never wanted to divorce James.
- And eventually she, she decides, you know, they should get divorced and he's OK with that.
- So they're going to be people spending all their money divorcing, losing their savings.
- We were actually looking towards separating and divorcing, and we separated.
- It's weird because when I when I wanted to divorce, I called her.
- And we ended up getting divorced five years.
Examples
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My mom and my father divorced when I was seven years old.
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Both of them soon realized the marriage was a mistake, and they divorced in a hurry.
Academic text (2011) -
I divorced her before you were born, baby.
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I've decided to divorce her.
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You probably heard that my husband, Clemente, recently divorced me.
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For example, Holly's parents are divorced, and she and her sister live with their mother.
Academic text (2012) -
OK, I am seriously contemplating divorcing my husband over a prank.
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But now I'm divorced.
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After years of marriage, Kahlo divorced him, a real accomplishment in the Mexican society of the 1930s.
Academic text (2011) -
After years of growing apart, she decided to divorce her husband.
Synonyms
60
4.1
To officially end an organization, agreement, or relationship
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
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3.7
A court that ends marriages and decides matters like child custody and property
- Slur
An offensive phrase used to say one person is unfairly treated in a divorce, often about money or child custody
- Literature
A plan where a couple sleeps in separate beds or rooms because they have different sleep habits
Surface Forms
Etymology
Divorce comes from Latin parts di- 'apart' and vertere 'to turn', giving the idea of 'turning away'. So, to divorce someone is to legally end the marriage, to 'turn apart' from your spouse in the eyes of the law.