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Verb: disentangle  ,dis-en'tang-gul
  1. Extricate from entanglement
    "Can you disentangle the cord?";
    - unsnarl, straighten out
     
  2. Free from a complicated or confusing situation
    "How can I disentangle myself from her personal affairs?";
    - extricate, untangle, disencumber [archaic], disinvolve [rare], disembroil [archaic]
     
  3. Separate the tangles of
    "He tried to disentangle the mass of wires behind the TV";
    - unwind
     
  4. Smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
    "disentangle your hair before dinner";
    - comb, comb out

Derived forms: disentangled, disentangling, disentangles

Type of: discharge, disengage, free, groom, neaten, order, undo

Antonym: entangle