disentangle

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[ UK /dˌɪsɛntˈæŋɡə‍l/ ]
[ US /ˌdɪsənˈtæŋɡəɫ/ ]
VERB
  1. separate the tangles of
  2. release from entanglement of difficulty
    I cannot extricate myself from this task
  3. extricate from entanglement
    Can you disentangle the cord?
  4. free from involvement or entanglement
    How can I disentangle myself from her personal affairs?
  5. smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
    comb your hair before dinner
    comb the wool

How To Use disentangle In A Sentence

  • One arm disentangled itself from the covers, her fingers curling indolently into the fine cotton of the quilt.
  • In this new book, Harrison brilliantly disentangles complex debates.
  • On Tuesday the senior trader who oversaw the operation to disentangle Kerviel's off-the - book trades, Maxime Kahn, 39, told the court the bank had faced collapse due to the "astronomic" bets Kerviel had taken. Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
  • In the Soviet Union it is difficult to disentangle political from administrative controls.
  • It's impossible to disentangle the myth from reality.
  • My father was buried yesterday and I now have his affairs to disentangle and I came across your card in my purse. THE DUTCH BLUE ERROR
  • Mr. Cameron said on Friday that his move, which appeared to boost his popularity at home, wasn't the start of a process of disentanglement from the European Union and he is expected to repeat that view in parliament, according to a person familiar with the matter. Investors Brace for Bank Verdict on EU Plan
  • The army thus far did not want to intervene and some of its leaders began to split and began to distance themselves from the regime of Ali Abdullah Saleh and that will open the door towards other forms of disentanglement with the regime and distancing the military leadership from the regime," he said. Sharp Divisions Cloud Yemen's Political Future
  • He was able, thus, to disentangle true catatonia, true hebephrenia and the deteriorating paranoid process, all of which led to a catastrophic outcome, from the benign clinical patterns which were forced into those groups due to an overindulgent criterion.
  • DNA is found in every cell of every living thing, but it is difficult to get it out and disentangle the DNA from the protein inside the cells.
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