divorce

B2 · Upper Intermediate Countable noun

n. a complete separation between two things that used to be connected.

n. a total separation or disjunction between entities, concepts, or groups that were formerly associated.

“There is often a divorce between what politicians promise and what they actually do.”

“Critics argued that the new policy represented a dangerous divorce between economic theory and the reality of the local market.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Science Technical

n. when two animals that usually stay together for life choose to find new partners.

n. the dissolution of a pair bond between mated animals, typically observed in monogamous species.

“Scientists studied why some birds experience a divorce after a failed nesting season.”

“In certain species of albatross, environmental stress has been linked to an increased rate of divorce among established breeding pairs.”

B1 · Intermediate Law

v. to legally end your marriage to someone.

v. to legally dissolve one's marriage; can be used transitively with a spouse as the object or intransitively.

Español:divorciar

“They divorced last year but remained good friends for the sake of their children.”

“He decided to divorce his wife after discovering she had been hiding significant financial debts from him for years.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate

v. to separate two ideas or subjects so they are no longer linked.

v. to detach or disassociate something from something else, often used in the passive voice.

“You cannot divorce the country's history from its current problems.”

“It is impossible to divorce the artist's personal struggles from the dark themes present in his later paintings.”