disentangled

verb

past tense of disentangle
1
as in unraveled
to separate the various strands of it took forever to disentangle the knot

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2
as in freed
to set free from entanglement or difficulty the years that it took to disentangle ourselves from our troubles after someone started using our social security numbers

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Recent Examples of disentangled Veterinarians then assessed whether Meatloaf could be safely disentangled in the water or needed to be brought in for further care, Jaros said. — Cierra Morgan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026 Provocative journalist and interviewer of the powerful There were those for whom art could not be disentangled from life, whose creations, often read as confessions, were intrinsically connected to their identities. — Amisha Padnani, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026 The filing underscores the administration’s position that immigration enforcement and foreign policy decisions cannot be disentangled from national security concerns and that all of those are solely under the federal government’s purview. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 13 Jan. 2026 No Spotify or Netflix exists for literature, where (other than with some exceptions, such as for vinyl collectors) the medium and the message are more easily disentangled, but the codex has endured for two millennia whereas the CD and the DVD lasted barely two decades. — Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025 On Sunday, June 14, the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) disentangled a relatively small humpback whale after recreational boaters spotted the animal anchored in fishing gear in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary late that morning, CCS said in a press release. — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disentangled
  1. unraveled
  2. freed
  3. liberated
  4. extricated
  5. saved
  6. untangled
  7. redeemed
  8. disengaged
Verb
  • Heard and Depp married in February 2015, but their relationship quickly unraveled.
    — Charlie Carballo, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • By dissolving the barrier between art and life and emphasizing the role of the viewer, Duchamp unraveled art’s claim to special status.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026
Definition of unraveled
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  • That freed up the full-backs to stay wide and cope with Japan’s switches.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 29 June 2026
  • The five other cases freed up by the bankruptcy judge have yet to proceed to trial.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 29 June 2026
Definition of freed
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  • When the United States invaded the Philippines during the Spanish-American War, Twain naively imagined that the country would be liberated and turned into a republic.
    — Ron Chernow, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
  • For years, Hezbollah claimed its arms had liberated Lebanese land.
    — Hussain Abdul-Hussain, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2026
Definition of liberated
Verb
  • The sheriff's office says that deputies and workers extricated the man and attempted life-saving measures, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
    — DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • Russo and Flanagan were pronounced dead after being mechanically extricated from the wreckage, records show.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
Definition of extricated
Verb
  • The technology is estimated to have saved an average of 190,000 lives each year between 2019-2021 as temperatures soared, according to the International Energy Agency.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • None of this generated the kind of headlines that a remote surgery possibly would have, but the reality has undoubtedly saved the lives of countless people.
    — Mariam Sorond, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of saved
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  • There remain other, muddled storylines across this LIV timeline that won’t get untangled.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
  • One other question may be how easily his businesses may be untangled if the company is sold in pieces.
    — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2026
Definition of untangled
Verb
  • Each customer is limited to one coupon, which must be redeemed in the store.
    — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 25 June 2026
  • This bonus offer will be fulfilled as 20,000 ThankYou® Points, which can be redeemed for $200 cash back.
    — Ryley Amond, CNBC, 23 June 2026
Definition of redeemed
Verb
  • Far from being disengaged from the city’s fiscal challenges, residents demonstrated a clear understanding of the seriousness of this issue to the future of Chicago.
    — Karen Freeman-Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
  • Garcia said some students have disengaged from campus life or withdrawn from classes altogether.
    — Valentina Toro, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2026
Definition of disengaged

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