unsnarled

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un·snarl

(ŭn-snärl′)

tr.v. un·snarled, un·snarl·ing, un·snarls

To free of snarls; disentangle.

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Adj.

unsnarled - straightened out

disentangled, loosened

untangled - not tangled

References in classic literature ?

With rapid fingers he unsnarled the different lengths, the girl helping him, and then he tied the ends together until he had three ropes about seventy-five feet in length.

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Then he began to thank profusely but, as if on cue, the gridlock unsnarled and began to move.

We call them street hawker, I call them the Street Kings

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and President Aquino approved last Thursday an agreement that unsnarled their countries' once-overlapping EEZs in the Celebes and Mindanao Seas.

Alternative scenarios

As I considered canceling, the kids unsnarled the bass problem with a lucky punch.

Extreme Concertizing

And, even better, Carl Jung's greatest scientific discovery has become a dictionary definition of the word "mysticism" (Merriam-Webster, 1996), because that word has been used so often by academic people to mean "Whatever Jung was." This is a mess that needs to be unsnarled.