(~s, divorcing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is the formal ending of a marriage by law.
Numerous marriages now end in ~...
N-VAR
2.
If a man and woman ~ or if one of them ~s the other, their marriage is legally ended.
My parents ~d when I was very young...
He and Lillian had got ~d...
I am absolutely furious that he ~d me to marry her...
Mr Gold is divorcing for the second time...
I got ~d when I was about 31.
V-RECIP: pl-n V, pl-n get V-ed, V n, NON-RECIP: V, get V-ed
3.
A ~ of one thing from another, or a ~ between two things is a separation between them which is permanent or is likely to be permanent.
...this ~ of Christian culture from the roots of faith...
N-SING: usu N of n from n, N between pl-n
4.
If you say that one thing cannot be ~d from another, you mean that the two things cannot be considered as different and separate things.
Good management in the police cannot be ~d from accountability...
We have been able to ~ sex from reproduction.
= dissociate
VERB: be V-ed from n, V n from n