disentangle
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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to release or become free from entanglement or confusion
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(tr) to unravel or work out
Other Word Forms
- disentanglement noun
- disentangler noun
Etymology
Origin of disentangle
Example Sentences
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Late last year, she was reading a book called “Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage,” about a woman disentangling the family finances after her husband of 20 years abruptly leaves her.
Their lives intersect, then disentangle, then return to each other’s orbit again.
From Los Angeles Times
China’s leaders have determined that disentangling the two economies—often called “decoupling” or “derisking”—is inevitable.
Sometimes we had to dive deep to disentangle them.
From Literature
Teenagers who listen to aggressive music differ from those who don’t in ways that are hard to observe and harder to disentangle.
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