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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disentangle.

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Examples

  • Grace disentangles herself from the concrete, now, leaving a good slice of her back behind.

    Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011

  • Grace disentangles herself from the concrete, now, leaving a good slice of her back behind.

    Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011

  • Grace disentangles herself from the concrete, now, leaving a good slice of her back behind.

    Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011

  • As the story evolves, however, the comic writer firmly disentangles the Hollywood biggies from 18 Days, by informing his readers that there's "a great deal more to Arjuna than his vague resemblance to the Luke Skywalker."

    Betwa Sharma: Batman Comics Writer Renovates India's Ancient Epic 2010

  • For Winnicott, the child makes the mother he needs and gradually, through disillusionment and hatred, disentangles her, to some extent, from the mother she happens to be.

    Over the moon: Adam Phillips on the happiness myth Adam Phillips 2010

  • The more-substantial criticism flows naturally from this terminological critique: Frege takes it that once one disentangles Hilbert's terminology, it becomes clear that he is simply not talking about the axioms of geometry at all, since the sets of thoughts he actually deals with are the misleadingly-expressed thoughts about e.g. real numbers.

    The Frege-Hilbert Controversy Blanchette, Patricia 2009

  • A handful of weeks ago, Bill Clinton disentangles his investment partnership with billionaire Ron Burkle, producing an estimated $20 million windfall.

    Marc Cooper: Hillary's $5 Million Dump Truck 2008

  • Brad DeLong disentangles the messages that a (male) professor sends by wearing a tie.

    Signaling Sean 2008

  • Divorce disentangles the married couple and settles unresolved issues between them such as finances, property, parenting, and future support -- hopefully, once and for all.

    Edward Stein: Divorce: A Missing Piece of the Gay Marriage Debate 2008

  • Oh had they known and felt provocations such as these, how gladly would their resentful spirits turn from the whole unfeeling race, and how would they respect that noble and manly labour, which at once disentangles them from such subjugating snares, and enables them to fly the ingratitude they abhor!

    Cecilia 2008

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