alienate

As long as Musk continues to love-bomb Trump, we can expect that Trump will defend his self-declared "first buddy," no matter what other allies he alienates in the process.

“So does he want to take on that interest group and alienate them? I don’t know.”

It was a vital element in the diplomatic balancing act taking place, as the UK government tries to shore up Western support for Ukraine, without alienating and aggravating the Trump administration in the US.

It is alienating when a teacher butchers your name in a classroom, when someone pauses before saying it, or when they altogether give you another name to simplify their inability to pronounce it.

Open and early defiance of court orders this soon would be a miscalculation that alienates marginal supporters who are not yet ready to overthrow the government, including Congressmen from purple states.