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

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1. disentangle

   Synonyms:
   disconnect, distinguish, explicate, extricate, remove, separate

   Antonyms:
   complicate, embarrass, embroil, entangle, implicate, imply, include, involve, overwhelm

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1. extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumberverb

   release from entanglement of difficulty

   "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

   Synonyms:
   unpick, unsnarl, comb out, unravel, unwind, extricate, comb, disencumber, straighten out, disembroil, untangle, unscramble, disinvolve, unknot

   Antonyms:
   tangle, snarl, mat, entangle

2. disentangle, unsnarl, straighten outverb

   extricate from entanglement

   "Can you disentangle the cord?"

   Synonyms:
   disembroil, extricate, put right, comb out, disinvolve, crystalize, clear up, crystalise, shed light on, comb, illuminate, crystallize, iron out, sort out, square away, disencumber, neaten, straighten, reform, enlighten, crystallise, clear, straighten out, clean up, elucidate, untangle, unsnarl, unwind, tidy, tidy up, see the light

   Antonyms:
   mat, entangle, tangle, snarl

3. disinvolve, disembroil, disentangleverb

   free from involvement or entanglement

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

   Synonyms:
   unsnarl, comb out, unwind, extricate, comb, disencumber, straighten out, disembroil, untangle, disinvolve

   Antonyms:
   snarl, mat, tangle, entangle

4. unwind, disentangleverb

   separate the tangles of

   Synonyms:
   disencumber, extricate, slow down, unbend, comb, disembroil, loosen up, unlax, unroll, disinvolve, unsnarl, decompress, straighten out, wind off, untangle, relax, unwind, make relaxed, unstrain, comb out

   Antonyms:
   entangle, tangle, mat, snarl

5. comb, comb out, disentangleverb

   smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

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

   Synonyms:
   unsnarl, ransack, unwind, extricate, comb out, disencumber, comb, disembroil, untangle, disinvolve, weed out, straighten out

   Antonyms:
   tangle, snarl, mat, entangle

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1. • Groom

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1. disentangleverb

   Synonyms:
   unravel, unfold, untwist

2. disentangleverb

   Synonyms:
   extricate, disengage, disembroil, liberate, clear, loose, unloose, free, set free

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1. List of paraphrases for "disentangle":

   unravel, discern

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How to use disentangle in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Marjorie Dannenfelser:

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

4. Kevin Volpp:

   The challenge with these interventions is to disentangle the pieces of the intervention, to figure out which components, like feedback and incentives, had an impact.

5. 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.