divorce

Divorce is the legal ending of a marriage.

Example: Did you know that Richard and Sarah got a divorce?

A separation of connected things.

Example: There is a geographic divorce between the United States and Mexico.

To divorce is to legally end a marriage between two people.

Example: The captain of a ship can marry couples, but cannot divorce them.

If you divorce someone, you end your marriage to them.

Example: Lucy divorced Steve when she found that he had been unfaithful.

To separate something that was connected.

Example: The smaller group voted to divorce itself from the larger one.