disentangle

[ dis-en-tang-guhl ]

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verb (used with or without object),dis·en·tan·gled, dis·en·tan·gling.

to free or become free from entanglement; untangle; extricate (often followed by from).

Origin of disentangle

First recorded in 1590–1600; dis-¹ + entangle

Other words for disentangle

disembarrass, disencumber

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Other words from disentangle

dis·en·tan·gle·ment, noun
dis·en·tan·gler, noun

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How to use disentangle in a sentence

He was powerful, egotistical and influential, and it may have been impossible to disentangle his hopes from his own financial interests.
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The probabilistic noise added further randomness for the receiver to disentangle.
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A complex systems approach to addressing past inequities would consider the historical, layered, and interacting factors that may be impossible to disentangle but collectively put certain populations at highest risk.
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Klimek and his colleagues used statistical techniques to try to disentangle which measures worked and which didn’t.
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The player finds nothing laboriously put together and requiring study for its disentanglement.
Franz Liszt | James Huneker

They must be quieted, before we can commence the means necessary for their disentanglement.
Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit | Samuel Taylor Coleridge
In his laborious way, Tom worked at the disentanglement, but without much success.
The Wave | Algernon Blackwood
The three, however, were already in process of disentanglement.
The Bright Messenger | Algernon Blackwood
It was vain to seek their disentanglement; it was impossible.
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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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