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The legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body

A separation between things which were or ought to be connected

The quality or state of being recreant

To force or break apart

To separate something that was connected

To reject, banish or abandon

To abandon or discontinue (a course of action or study)

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Noun

The legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body

judicial separation

official separation

separate maintenance

parting of the ways

fractionalization

disconnectedness

legal separation

misunderstanding

out-of-body experience

departmentalizing

disentanglement

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“Secondly, with respect to married people, if the marriage was dissolved by divorce after the will was witnessed, the will is void.”

Noun

A separation between things which were or ought to be connected

difference of opinion

wide area of difference

parting of the ways

irreconcilable difference

lack of consistency

setting against

incompatibility

lack of agreement

misunderstanding

inharmoniousness

bone of contention

internal strife

unharmoniousness

conflict of opinion

counter-argument

quarrelsomeness

insubordination

bit of argy-bargy

lack of concord

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“The result is an unhappy divorce between student and school which is a grotesque travesty of all that the IBO stands for.”

Noun

The quality or state of being recreant

changing allegiances

going absent without leave

taking French leave

renunciation of belief

abandonment of belief

bolt for freedom

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Verb

To force or break apart

become estranged

reach a parting of the ways

go separate ways

set at variance

put at a distance

make unfriendly

stop living together

make hostile to

turn your back on

drive a wedge between

go your separate ways

become disconnected

become detached

end relationship

tell somebody it's over

particularise^UK

particularize^US

set at odds with

cause antagonism between

sow dissension between

put on the outs

destroy the affections of

sever connections between

part company with

sever connections with

discriminate against

break off relations with

keep in solitude

form a ring around

put a cordon sanitaire around

become complicated

make indifferent

withdraw the affections of

go different ways

pit against one another

set against one another

create a rift in

cause disagreement among

remove surgically

go through with a fine-tooth comb

nip something off

take something out

split down the middle

cause disagreement between

sow dissension among

cause to disagree

cause disagreement

separate into two

become unfastened

remove the knots from

go fifty-fifty in

cut into pieces

create a schism in

cause a rift between

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“And it is impossible to divorce the Incas from the national dish Anticuchos de Res - small pieces of beef heart, marinated and grilled on skewers.”

Verb

To separate something that was connected

“But Asif's parents pressurised him to divorce her within a few months of marriage.”

Verb

To reject, banish or abandon

divorce oneself from

wash your hands of

have nothing more to do with

turn your back on

refuse to acknowledge

refuse to recognize

end relations with

cut off without a penny

turn one's back on

have no more truck with

wash one's hands of

fly in the face of

take the pledge

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Verb

To abandon or discontinue (a course of action or study)

ax^US

axe^UK

turn your back on

bring to an end

pull the plug on

bring to a halt

knock something on the head

throw on the scrapheap

give something the chop

step aside from

give a wide berth to

throw overboard

have nothing to do with

bring to a close

throw in the towel

see the back of

throw in the sponge

free oneself of

give something a miss

nip something in the bud

bring to a stop

draw to a close

leave holding the bag

leave high and dry

bring to a standstill

take a breather

leave in the lurch

put the kibosh on

wash your hands of

throw something off

knock on the head

render needless

resist the temptation to

give somebody the boot

break the habit of

call it quits on

bring to a conclusion

bring to an untimely end

take the pledge

go on the wagon

turn a blind eye to

sacrifice something

kiss goodbye to

suspend proceedings

wind something up

come to a standstill

get on the wagon

give somebody the slip

absent oneself from

separate oneself from

hand in your notice

hand in resignation

divorce oneself from

give up the ship

give up your job

dissociate from

come to a close

blow the whistle on

bring to standstill

let well enough alone

have no truck with

sever relations with

break away from

come across with

break free from

take leave from

dissociate oneself from

disaffiliate oneself from

throw over the side

have nothing more to do with

take oneself off from

be unfaithful to

put out of your mind

pay no attention to

take no notice of

think no more of

end the life of

take the life of

come to standstill

have a breather

catch one's breath

put out to pasture

consign to scrap heap

stand in the way of

put the stopper on

put in cold storage

throw a spanner in the works of

hold in abeyance

put a spoke in someone's wheel

lay on the table

place an embargo on

take a rain check on

put on the back burner

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

get in the way of

keep under control

stem the flow of

drive underground

drag one's feet

bring to naught

cramp one's style

throw monkey wrench in

put the brakes on

pour cold water on

put the mockers on

declare illegal

upset the apple cart

put in abeyance

throw a spanner in the works

bring to screeching halt

throw cold water on

strangle at birth

put a stop to something

render powerless

put the brakes on

take out of play

quit cold turkey

take a breather from

put on a back burner

put a period to

keep from happening

become obsolete

slam on the brakes

put off the evil day

put off the evil hour

bring down curtain

render null and void

give the run around

dash one's hope

upset the applecart

stop in one's tracks

reach a standstill

defend oneself against

tie up loose ends

come to the end

be through with

put a stopper in

put half nelson on

stop in your tracks

be no longer valid

be a hindrance to

throw a spoke in the wheel of

halt in its tracks

give the run-around

run circles around

run rings around

throw a monkey wrench in the works

put on back burner

keep in abeyance

put on the shelf

come to a conclusion

declare ineligible

officially forbid

put out of business

switch something off

put out of action

bring someone to their knees

finish the working day

take wind out of sails

get the better of

upset one's apple cart

bring to fruition

set the seal on

avoid the issue

take one's time

take a rain check

beat around the bush

put a damper on

act like a wet blanket

give the thumbs down to

put the chill on

give the red light to

hold one's tongue

hush one's mouth

leave unfinished

stop in full flow

take wind out of

put in nutshell

put a restriction on

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