disentangle

Researchers will have to disentangle the various ways in which the asteroid has changed if they hope to use it as a window into the early solar system.
Local asteroid Bennu used to be filled with tiny rivers|Charlie Wood|October 8, 2020|Popular-Science
Colonialism itself was broad and complex, and its modern-day outcomes are not easily disentangled.
What the UK owes in reparations|Hasit Shah|October 6, 2020|Quartz
Scientists are still trying to disentangle how much of the harm from hepatitis C is caused by the immune response against the virus rather than the virus itself.
Scientists Win Nobel Prize for Discovering the Hepatitis C Virus|Jordana Cepelewicz|October 5, 2020|Quanta Magazine
By acquiring SDG&E’s infrastructure and instituting full public control of our energy service, San Diego can more easily and efficiently disentangle from fossil fuels and provide energy at a significantly lower monetary and environmental cost.
The Franchise Agreement Ending Offers San Diego a Chance for a Fresh Start|Amanda Moser and Shauna McKenna|September 8, 2020|Voice of San Diego

Ecologists need to recognize individuals when disentangling the complex symbioses and relationships that define a community.
What Is an Individual? Biology Seeks Clues in Information Theory.|Jordana Cepelewicz|July 16, 2020|Quanta Magazine
So it's hard to disentangle any possible negative effects from the effects of divorce and other family instability.
Can Gay Marriage Solve Our Adoption Problem?|Megan McArdle|March 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
All of these factors are related to cognitive enhancement, but they're difficult to disentangle.
Busting the Adderall Myth|Casey Schwartz|December 21, 2010|DAILY BEAST
But how then do we disentangle from this place in a responsible way?
The Hotspots No Speech Can Fix|Leslie H. Gelb|September 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST
In order to carry out my wife's orders, I had to disentangle Susan from Liosha's embrace and pack her off rueful to the nursery.
Jaffery|William J. Locke
You will probably see Williams before I can disentangle myself from the affairs with which I am now surrounded.
The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2)|Florence A. Thomas Marshall
Miranda and the Queen curiously examined the quaint instrument, and helped to disentangle and divest it of its broken strings.
Baron Bruno|Louisa Morgan
He cast his mind back over the interview, but failed to disentangle anything definite.
Joan of the Sword Hand|S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
There is a complex totality, as yet difficult to disentangle, of psychic and physical forces.
Mysterious Psychic Forces|Camille Flammarion

British Dictionary definitions for disentangle

disentangle

/ (ˌdɪsɪnˈtæŋɡəl) /

verb

to release or become free from entanglement or confusion

(tr) to unravel or work out

Derived forms of disentangle

disentanglement, noun

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