1. plural of divorce; legal endings of marriages

1. third person singular present of divorce; legally ends a marriage with someone
2. separates or disconnects completely from something

Examples

• The number of divorces has increased over the past decade.
• Celebrity divorces often make headlines in tabloid magazines.
• She divorces her personal feelings from her professional decisions.
• The company divorces itself from any responsibility for the accident.
• He divorces emotion from logic when making important choices.
• The court processes dozens of divorces each month.
• The author divorces fact from fiction in her latest novel.