Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective freed from an entanglement; -- of people or agents.
- adjective straightened out.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
disentangle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective straightened out
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Examples
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When, on a morning, my unconscious carcass was disentangled from the nets on the drying-frames, whither I had stupidly, blindly crawled the night before; and when the water - front talked it over with many a giggle and laugh and another drink, I was proud indeed.
Chapter 12 2010
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Instead, I grabbed some stuffed thing and reached out an arm to whack him with it, the only way I could reach that far without becoming disentangled from the body pillow which has become my spooning partner.
On The Night Shift kittenpie 2008
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But that question could be disentangled from the basic agreement, and settled separately.
Sins of Emission 2008
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But that question could be disentangled from the basic agreement, and settled separately.
Sins of Emission 2008
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Instead, I grabbed some stuffed thing and reached out an arm to whack him with it, the only way I could reach that far without becoming disentangled from the body pillow which has become my spooning partner.
Archive 2008-06-01 kittenpie 2008
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That brings me to the concept of nationhood and it cannot really be disentangled from the concepts of self-government and sovereignty.
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In the end, it seems to me, Sullivan is telling us to take heart in the values on which this country was founded and which have served it so well for over two centuries – values which command respect for religion even while insisting that it be disentangled from the state.
Balkinization 2006
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When, on a morning, my unconscious carcass was disentangled from the nets on the drying-frames, whither I had stupidly, blindly crawled the night before; and when the water - front talked it over with many a giggle and laugh and another drink, I was proud indeed.
Chapter XII 1913
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Again one word disentangled itself from the medley of sounds.
The Mystics A Novel Katherine Cecil Thurston 1893
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That may be the case, but it's hard to see what the Confederacy has to do with that, unless they mean to get "disentangled" in the most hardcore way possible!
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