Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To free of snarls; disentangle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To disentangle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To remove or undo a
snarl
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb extricate from entanglement
Etymologies
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Examples
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Recruiters say they're spending a lot of their time turning up executives who can build and manage websites, handle increasingly complex inventory management, and unsnarl the logistical problems that come with developing a new sales channel.
Wanted: Chief, E-Commerce Dana Mattioli 2011
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The OccupyWallStreet movement has attracted a diverse, articulate and educated group united in their resolve to unsnarl the tentacles of Wall Street's vampire squids from around society's arteries.
Suzanne O'Keeffe: American Autumn in Los Angeles -- OccupyWallSt Joins Main Street Suzanne O'Keeffe 2011
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The OccupyWallStreet movement has attracted a diverse, articulate and educated group united in their resolve to unsnarl the tentacles of Wall Street's vampire squids from around society's arteries.
Suzanne O'Keeffe: American Autumn in Los Angeles -- OccupyWallSt Joins Main Street Suzanne O'Keeffe 2011
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The phenomenon began six decades ago, when a young traffic engineer named Henry Barnes arrived in Denver on a mission to unsnarl the chaotic streets.
No More Dancing in Denver's Streets Stephanie Simon 2011
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Donovan, with a .38-caliber pistol strapped to his waist, had to make several trips to the dense Burmese jungle just off the northern Thai border to unsnarl problems with the flights.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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The OccupyWallStreet movement has attracted a diverse, articulate and educated group united in their resolve to unsnarl the tentacles of Wall Street's vampire squids from around society's arteries.
Suzanne O'Keeffe: American Autumn in Los Angeles -- OccupyWallSt Joins Main Street Suzanne O'Keeffe 2011
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Donovan, with a .38-caliber pistol strapped to his waist, had to make several trips to the dense Burmese jungle just off the northern Thai border to unsnarl problems with the flights.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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The OccupyWallStreet movement has attracted a diverse, articulate and educated group united in their resolve to unsnarl the tentacles of Wall Street's vampire squids from around society's arteries.
Suzanne O'Keeffe: American Autumn in Los Angeles -- OccupyWallSt Joins Main Street Suzanne O'Keeffe 2011
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The OccupyWallStreet movement has attracted a diverse, articulate and educated group united in their resolve to unsnarl the tentacles of Wall Street's vampire squids from around society's arteries.
Suzanne O'Keeffe: American Autumn in Los Angeles -- OccupyWallSt Joins Main Street Suzanne O'Keeffe 2011
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Louisa May Alcott spent the day of December 12 in Boston doing errands, going to the dentist to get a tooth filled, and rushing from office to office, trying to unsnarl the bureaucratic obstacles to getting her credentials as a nurse and to buying her series of tickets for the trip.
Louisa May Alcott Susan Cheever 2010
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