Definitions for disentangle
ˌdɪs ɛnˈtæŋ gəldis·en·tan·gle

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumberverb

   release from entanglement of difficulty

   "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

2. disentangle, unsnarl, straighten outverb

   extricate from entanglement

   "Can you disentangle the cord?"

3. disinvolve, disembroil, disentangleverb

   free from involvement or entanglement

   "How can I disentangle myself from her personal affairs?"

4. unwind, disentangleverb

   separate the tangles of

5. comb, comb out, disentangleverb

   smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

   "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. disentangleverb

   To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot

   I had to disentangle him from his own shoelaces.

2. disentangleverb

   To unravel a mystery etc

3. disentangleverb

   To become free or untangled

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Disentangleverb

   Etymology: dis and entangle.

   1. To set free from impediments; to disembroil; to clear from perplexity or difficulty.

   ’Till they could find some expedient to explicate and disentangle themselves out of this labyrinth, they made no advance towards supplying their armies. Edward Hyde, b. viii.

   The welfare of their souls requires a better judgment than their own, either to guide them in their duty, or to disentangle them from a temptation. South.

   2. To unfold or loose the parts of any thing interwoven with one another.

   Though in concretions particles so entangle one another, that they cannot in a short time clear themselves, yet they do incessantly strive to disentangle themselves, and get away. Boyle.

   3. To disengage; to separate.

   Neither can God himself be otherwise understood by us than as a mind free, and disentangled from all corporeal mixtures. Edward Stillingfleet, Def. of Disc. on Rom. Idol.

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1. disentangle

   Disentangle means to separate or remove complexity, confusion, or mystery, making something clearer or easier to understand. It can also refer to the act of freeing something from being tangled or twisted with another object.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Disentangleverb

   to free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as, to disentangle a skein of yarn

2. Disentangleverb

   to extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Disentangle

   dis-en-tang′gl, v.t. to free from entanglement or disorder: to unravel: to disengage or set free.—n. Disentang′lement.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of disentangle in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of disentangle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of disentangle in a Sentence

1. Marjorie Dannenfelser:

   Read MoreAnti-abortion groups thank President Trump for taking decisive action to disentangle taxpayers from the abortion industry.

2. Michele Cote:

   We have worked over the last decade to try to disentangle the various factors associated with survival, it is highly complex, with socioeconomic factors and access to care certain to play a role. In addition, we believe that there are differences in tumor biology that we have yet to identify that make the disease more aggressive in black women.

3. Casey Michel:

   That is the most corrupt industry in one of the most corrupt countries in the world. You can't disentangle the sources of this wealth from the initial sources of the corruption, casey Michel can not have made that money without specific political connections or connections to organized crime or connections to other oligarchic figures.

4. Van Beurden:

   Our actions to date have been guided by continuous discussions with governments about the need to disentangle society from Russian energy flows, while maintaining energy supplies, threats today to stop pipeline flows to Europe further illustrate the difficult choices and potential consequences we face as we try to do this.

5. Ezra Pound:

   There are few things more difficult than to appraise the work of a man suddenly dead in his youth; to disentangle promise from achievement; to save him from that sentimentalizing which confuses the tragedy of the interruption with the merit of the work actually performed.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=disentangle
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Disentangle
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=disentangle
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disentangle
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=disentangle