disentangle
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disentangle (third-person singular simple present disentangles, present participle disentangling, simple past and past participle disentangled)
- (transitive) To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot
- I had to disentangle him from his own shoelaces.
- (transitive) To unravel a mystery etc
- (intransitive) To become free or untangled
