divorce

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ amicable, uncontested

▪ no-fault

▪ acrimonious, bitter, messy, nasty, painful, ugly

▪ quick, quickie (informal)

▪ parental

▪

Parental divorce can have lasting negative consequences for children.

▪ civil

▪

The church may disapprove but Catholics can and do obtain civil divorces.

VERB + DIVORCE

▪ want

▪ apply for, ask for, file for, petition for, seek, sue for

▪

She filed for divorce in 1996.

▪ initiate

▪

The majority of divorces are initiated by women.

▪ get, have, obtain

▪

He told her that he was married but getting a divorce.

▪ experience, go through

▪

She watched her parents go through an acrimonious divorce.

▪ agree to, consent to

▪ contest

▪

These days divorce is rarely contested.

▪ finalize

▪

Once the divorce is finalized, I plan to move to Bermuda.

▪ handle

▪

the lawyers handling their divorce

▪ grant (sb)

▪

Over 50 000 divorces were granted last year.

▪ end in

▪

An increasing number of marriages end in divorce.

▪ consider

▪

Neither partner had considered divorce.

DIVORCE + VERB

▪ come through

▪

He is waiting for the divorce to come through before he remarries.

DIVORCE + NOUN

▪ court

▪ case, proceedings, process

▪ petition

▪ papers

▪

He hasn't signed the divorce papers yet.

▪ decree, settlement

▪ figures, rate, statistics

▪

The divorce rate has been growing steadily since 1971.

▪ law

▪ attorney (AmE), lawyer

▪ mediation

PREPOSITION

▪ divorce from

▪

her divorce from the star

▪ divorce on the grounds of

▪

She is seeking a divorce on the grounds of cruelty.

PHRASES

▪ grounds for divorce

▪

He cited adultery as grounds for divorce.

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verb

Divorce is used with these nouns as the object: ↑husband