aliening

verb

Definition of alieningnext
present participle of alien
1
as in estranging
to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring such angry outbursts will rapidly alien any friends you might possibly have left

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2
as in ceding
to give over the legal possession or ownership of the couple plans to alien the adjoining house lot to their eldest son

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aliening
  1. ceding
  2. alienating
  3. conveying
  4. angering
  5. transferring
  6. assigning
  7. relinquishing
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  • Of course, those same qualities make central government and regulators incredibly nervous of ceding to control.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Relying on third-party providers means ceding some control and may introduce additional costs or dependencies.
    Ashish Srimal, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of ceding
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  • But any prolonged Israeli occupation risks alienating Syrians and providing Iran with a pretext to reactivate its anti-Israel agenda in Syria.
    Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
  • These alienating qualities don’t hold Prophecy or its characters back; the Sisters’ moral turpitude drives both the empire and the intrigue forward.
    Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of alienating
Verb
  • Adaptive facial movements Dynamic facial expressions play a vital role in enhancing communication in social robots, particularly in conveying affective states like excitement or sleepiness.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 30 Dec. 2024
  • According to the report, one such example of real-time problem-solving by the Chinese PLA involved a team sending a distress message conveying the breakdown of a missile-launching vehicle.
    Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of conveying
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  • Around 10 individuals ran onto the court waving Palestinian flags, angering hundreds of attendees from the French Jewish community cheering for the Israeli team.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 19 Dec. 2024
  • With some true detective work, Flueger quickly discovers that pigeons are trying to claim squatter rights a bit too close higher up, angering the furry felines.
    Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of angering
Verb
  • Assad's departure also led analysts and government officials to claim that Russia may be transferring some of its military assets from Syria's Tartus naval base and Hmeimim air base to Libya.
    Hugh Cameron, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The particles are too small, however, to reflect the sun's heat-energy-transferring infrared light.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of transferring
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  • The order is entered into the system by assigning it a tracking number.
    David Barberá Costarrosa, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • At least Lizzie has things well in hand, assigning wedding tasks to the townsfolk in a calm, efficient, and altogether impressive manner.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of assigning
Verb
  • For the Thunder to turn a defensive liability into one of the best defenders in all of basketball, without relinquishing a single draft pick, has to go down as one of the biggest steals of the 2024-2025 NBA season.
    Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • There’s that relinquishing control of the messaging, though!
    Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of relinquishing
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