I
verb
1
BAD : Sally told me she was going to divorce.
GOOD : Sally told me she was going to get a divorce.
BAD : When there are children involved, it is difficult to divorce.
GOOD : When there are children involved, it is difficult to get divorced.
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get a divorce or get divorced (= end one's marriage by taking legal action): 'I had just turned ten when my parents got divorced.' 'It took my sister almost a year to get a divorce.'
2
BAD : The fact that your wife crashed the Ferrari is not a good reason to divorce to her.
GOOD : The fact that your wife crashed the Ferrari is not a good reason to divorce her.
BAD : For some reason, she didn't want to divorce with him.
GOOD : For some reason, she didn't want to divorce him.
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divorce sb (WITHOUT to/with ): 'She'd divorced her husband six months before and had gone back to live with her parents.'
Note that get divorced is far more common than divorce someone: 'For some reason, she didn't want to get divorced.'
II
noun
BAD : It's bad enough when you get divorce, but far worse when you lose your children as well.
GOOD : It's bad enough when you get divorced, but far worse when you lose your children as well.
BAD : If we were divorce, who would look after the children?
GOOD : If we were divorced, who would look after the children?
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be/get divorced (WITH 'd' ): 'They got divorced in 1993, just twelve months after they were married.' 'It seems as if getting divorced has become fashionable nowadays.'