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Meanings of
untangling
in English
Portuguese
desenrascanço
Spanish
desenredo
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The act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition.
extrication
disentanglement
unsnarling
Portuguese
desenrascanço
Synonyms
Examples for "
extrication
"
extrication
disentanglement
unsnarling
Examples for "
extrication
"
1
From this time all real chance of the
extrication
of Louis XVI.
2
The coil of evidence had drawn so close that
extrication
seemed impossible.
3
We are led into a sack from which there is no
extrication
.
4
He may be warned of approaching conditions or his
extrication
from the same.
5
From these confusions there is no other mode of
extrication
than the utilitarian.
1
For good measure, I attached a protonic
disentanglement
pistol to my arm.
2
This flame of understanding brings about
disentanglement
that makes for true simplicity.
3
The first fork is
disentanglement
from the sweetness of the world.
4
Mike Morrissey leads the South Island large whale
disentanglement
team.
5
It was vain to seek their
disentanglement
;
it was impossible.
1
Moscow says
unsnarling
its roads will cost $6.5 billion.
Usage of
untangling
in English
1
Huge resources were pumped into
untangling
the financial web of Greenland Securities.
2
She combed her fingers through her clotted hair,
untangling
the greasy strands.
3
He was
untangling
a mess of threads in one of the looms.
4
Do you struggle with
untangling
your Christmas decorations every single year?
5
But
untangling
bureaucracy built up over decades may not be easy.
6
She was twisting and
untangling
her fingers in a dumb agony.
7
By then the dogs'd been knocked apart and the crowd was
untangling
itself.
8
There was little enough to go on in
untangling
her mystery.
9
A rat's nest was growing in Southeast Asia that already seemed beyond
untangling
.
10
A baby's arms that moved listlessly, tangling and
untangling
in her lank hair.
11
We spoke for several more minutes,
untangling
any remaining knots of weirdness between us.
12
Gretchen secured Tutu and went to work
untangling
the puppies.
13
Once more things were badly mixed, and the
untangling
process had to be repeated.
14
A woman stood at one of these tables
untangling
a skein of red yarn.
15
Like a sedative, it worked into her body, into her muscles,
untangling
the tension.
16
Their language had needed
untangling
for a good many years.
Other examples for "untangling"
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untangling
untangle
Verb
Present
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
clever untangling
detailed untangling
leave the untangling
slow untangling
tedious untangling
Translations for
untangling
Portuguese
desenrascanço
Spanish
desenredo
esclarecimiento
desembrollo
salida
Untangling
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Untangling
across language varieties
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