disentangle
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ɛnˈtæŋ verb (used with object), verb (used without object), dis·en·tan·gled, dis·en·tan·gling.
to free or become free from entanglement; untangle; extricate (often followed by from ).
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to release or become free from entanglement or confusion |
| 2. | (tr) to unravel or work out |
| disen'tanglement | |
| —n | |
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Disentangle
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Example sentences
In the longer term, the roles of poverty and race are difficult to disentangle.
Poetry came to him slowly, and he had to disentangle it from more active growths of comic energy.
Therefore, some care is needed to disentangle the effects of the program from other trends.
The state is so intimately involved that it would be impossible to disentangle it from higher education.
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