UNTWINING Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

untwining

verb

present participle of untwine

as in unraveling

to separate the various strands of untwined his shoelaces

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The seven-minute video, sent in early May 2021, offered a step-by-step guide for carrying out modern warfare in a country where everything seemed to be unraveling.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
The familiar imperial arc—expansion, overreach, strain, unraveling—once played out across a century or even a millennium.

— NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026

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