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Definition of divorce verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

divorce

verb
 
/dɪˈvɔːs/
 
/dɪˈvɔːrs/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they divorce
 
/dɪˈvɔːs/
 
/dɪˈvɔːrs/
he / she / it divorces
 
/dɪˈvɔːsɪz/
 
/dɪˈvɔːrsɪz/
past simple divorced
 
/dɪˈvɔːst/
 
/dɪˈvɔːrst/
past participle divorced
 
/dɪˈvɔːst/
 
/dɪˈvɔːrst/
-ing form divorcing
 
/dɪˈvɔːsɪŋ/
 
/dɪˈvɔːrsɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive, intransitive] divorce (somebody) to end your marriage to somebody legally
    • They're getting divorced.
    • She's divorcing her husband.
    • I'd heard they're divorcing.
    Topics Family and relationshipsb2, Law and justiceb2
  2. [transitive, often passive] divorce somebody/something from something (formal) 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.
See divorce in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee divorce in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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