disentangled


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dis·en·tan·gle

 (dĭs′ĕn-tăng′gəl)
v. dis·en·tan·gled, dis·en·tan·gling, dis·en·tan·gles
v.tr.
1. To extricate from entanglement or involvement; free. See Synonyms at extricate.
2. To clear up or resolve (a plot, for example); unravel.
v.intr.
To become free of entanglement.
dis′en·tan′gle·ment n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.disentangled - straightened outdisentangled - straightened out      
loosened, unsnarled
untangled - not tangled
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After having so nobly disentangled themselves from the shackles of Parental Authority, by a Clandestine Marriage, they were determined never to forfeit the good opinion they had gained in the World, in so doing, by accepting any proposals of reconciliation that might be offered them by their Fathers--to this farther tryal of their noble independance however they never were exposed.
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By regarding her tears and her smiles as enemies, her stooping form, her hanging arms, and all her disentangled hair as toils designed to entrap man's heart.
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He made a furious effort and disentangled himself from Jimmie.
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He had disentangled the nodes of their intersections, assigning to each its regulated period of flux and reflux.
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The house had enshadowed the tree at first, but as the moon rose higher the two disentangled, and were clear for a few moments at midnight.
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He disentangled himself from a pedestrian who had rammed him on the back.
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