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disengage
(Intransitive) To release or loosen from something that binds, holds, entangles, or interlocks; unfasten; detach; disentangle; free.
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  1. (Intransitive) To release or loosen from something that binds, holds, entangles, or interlocks; unfasten; detach; disentangle; free.
  2. To release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles.
  3. To release oneself or itself; become disengaged
untangle
To straighten out (something puzzling or complicated); clarify or resolve.
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  1. To straighten out (something puzzling or complicated); clarify or resolve.
  2. To free from confusion; clear up; put in order
  3. To remove tangles or knots.
untwist
To loosen or separate (something twisted) by turning in the opposite direction; unwind.
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  1. To loosen or separate (something twisted) by turning in the opposite direction; unwind.
  2. To turn in the opposite direction so as to loosen or separate; untwine
  3. Remove a twist (from)
clear
(Informal) All the way; completely:
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  1. (Informal) All the way; completely:
  2. To become clear, unclouded, etc.
  3. In a clear manner; so as to be clear
disengage
(Intransitive) To release or loosen from something that binds, holds, entangles, or interlocks; unfasten; detach; disentangle; free.
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  1. (Intransitive) To release or loosen from something that binds, holds, entangles, or interlocks; unfasten; detach; disentangle; free.
  2. To release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles.
  3. To release oneself or itself; become disengaged
disinvolve
To uncover; to unfold or unroll; to disentangle.
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  1. To uncover; to unfold or unroll; to disentangle.
  2. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
extricate
To release from an entanglement or difficulty; disengage.
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  1. To release from an entanglement or difficulty; disengage.
  2. To set free; release or disentangle (from a net, difficulty, etc.)
untangle
To remove tangles or knots.
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  1. To remove tangles or knots.
  2. To straighten out (something puzzling or complicated); clarify or resolve.
  3. To free from confusion; clear up; put in order
Find another word for disentangle. In this page you can discover 11 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for disentangle, like: disengage, untangle, untwist, free, unhitch, clear, disengage, disinvolve, extricate, untangle and free.

Sentence Examples

  • Alex tried to disentangle Destiny, but she held on tight and started to whine.

  • It also would disentangle religion from cosmology and formal philosophy.

  • In the domain of history we have first the old Sienese chronicles, which down to the 14th century are so confused that it is almost impossible to disentangle truth from fiction or even to decide the personality of the various authors.

  • On the other hand, the Prussians were new to the battlefield, and the reaction after the elation of victory was intense; moreover, if what happened at Hiihnerwasser affords a guide, the staff would have required some days to disentangle the units which had fought and to assign them fresh objectives.

  • It is difficult, indeed, if not impracticable, to disentangle the effects which should be respectively attributed to influences so closely related to each other; but, of the three, prices alone tend to sufficient uniformity in their course in different countries to justify a supposition that they are in some way connected with a phenomenon so widely diffused as that of the decline in marriage and fertility.

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