divorced
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Definitions ofdivorced
- To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
Example: "A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot divorce them."
- To end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way.
Example: "Lucy divorced Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful."
- To obtain a legal divorce.
Example: "Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she retained the business."
- To separate something that was connected.
Example: "The radical group voted to divorce itself from the main faction and start an independent movement."
- Cut off, or separated.
- (of a marriage) Legally dissolved.
Example: "It is a sad fact that 43% of marriages are now divorced."
- (of persons formerly married) Having had one's marriage legally dissolved.
Example: "Mark's parents are divorced."
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