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What does entanglement mean?

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Noun
  1. The state of being entangled; intricate and confused involution.
  2. That which entangles; intricacy; perplexity.
  3. (fortification) An obstruction placed in front or on the flank of a fortification, to impede an enemy's approach.
  4. (nautical) An obstruction of cables and spars across a river or harbour entrance.
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Strikes by ships and entanglement in some types of fishing gear are the biggest threats to the endangered right whales.
Today the biggest threat facing right whales is collisions with ships and entanglement in fishing gear.
Thousands of porpoises, dolphins and whales are dying in European waters each year, due to entanglement in fishing nets.
Litter poses a threat to dolphins, whales, turtles and seabirds by entanglement in and ingestion of plastics.
I ease myself quietly from the entanglement of his body and push myself up into a sitting position.
It takes into account the inherent entanglement of psychophysical systems and the fact that such systems have their own history.

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