disentangling (C1)
verb
Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsɪnˈtæŋɡlɪŋ/
Definition
The act of freeing something or someone from entanglement; to separate or untwist things that are tangled together, or to resolve a complex situation or problem.
Examples
She spent hours disentangling the fishing line from the propeller.
The lawyers are still disentangling the complex legal issues of the merger.
Disentangling the truth from all the rumors proved to be a difficult task.
How to Use disentangling
- disentangle from (prepositional phrase)
- To free oneself or something from being caught in something else. — "The bird struggled to disentangle itself from the net."
- disentangle the facts (collocation)
- To separate the true information from false or irrelevant details. — "It was hard to disentangle the facts from the speculation."
- disentangle a situation (collocation)
- To resolve a complicated or confusing state of affairs. — "The diplomat worked to disentangle the tense international situation."
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