Present participle for to free from a tangled or twisted state
“As he struggled to disentangle the rope, we saw a wave break over the dinghy, followed by a huge swell.”
Present participle for to set free, especially from entanglement or difficulty
“They are looking at ways to disentangle him from this situation.”
Present participle for to untie or unfasten something tangled
“The Naked Ape's face was bloody and purple, lips bloated, and one eye puffed out as it tried to disentangle the chains around its neck.”
Present participle for to unravel or make sense of a tricky, problematic or complicated issue
“Let us try to disentangle this thorny issue and to find reasonable solutions that might be acceptable to both scholars and musicians.”
Present participle for to understand by thinking carefully about
Present participle for to untangle or arrange (the hair) by drawing a comb through it
Present participle for to knock or force out of position
Present participle for to simplify something (by removing the complexities from)
Present participle for to break something down into its component parts, typically for analysis
Present participle for to explain something cryptic or foreign
Present participle for to neaten or tidy up something that is messy or disorganized
The action or process of releasing or being released
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