alien
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- n a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
- n anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
- n a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere
- v transfer property or ownership
The will aliened the property to the heirs - v arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious - s not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something
an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism - s being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
alien customs
- The aliens have introduced modern machinery like computers and airplanes.
- A skeptical look at the filmmaker's alien abduction show .
- Attrition through Enforcement: Reduce the number of illegal aliens through increased enforcement against unauthorized alien workers and their employers.