verb
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to catch or involve in or as if in a tangle; ensnare or enmesh
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to make tangled or twisted; snarl
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to make complicated; confuse
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to involve in difficulties; entrap
Related Words
See involve.
Other Word Forms
- entangleable adjective
- entangledly adverb
- entangledness noun
- entangler noun
- entanglingly adverb
- interentangle verb (used with object)
- unentangleable adjective
- unentangled adjective
- unentangling adjective
Etymology
Origin of entangle
Example Sentences
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But a third factor is entangled in this equation: access to food and water, both of which become more difficult to acquire as wars spread and global temperatures ratchet upward.
From Salon
A quantum computer, however—because of entangled qubits’ ability to calculate many probabilities at once—can evaluate all options simultaneously.
Airstrikes have long been a go-to way to project military power for U.S. administrations that want to minimize the risk of American casualties and avoid entangling ground wars.
Getting entangled in fishing gear and debris, as Porkchop was, is among the top reasons turtles land in the aquarium’s care.
From Los Angeles Times
Within weeks, truths, half-truths, and outright lies were hopelessly entangled.
From Literature
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