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How to pronounce untangle in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms disencumber, disentangle, extricate
Type of free, disengage
Derivation untangling
Type Words
Synonyms unknot, unpick, unravel, unscramble
Type of undo

Examples of untangle

untangle
He was still trying to untangle yellow streamers from his legs 15 seconds later.
From the dispatch.com
Wild red hair stuck out from knots Sarah couldn't untangle with her broken comb.
From the npr.org
In the case of water depletion, it is hard to untangle allegations from reality.
From the theatlantic.com
The task at hand is somewhat similar to trying to untangle a bowl of spaghetti.
From the stltoday.com
It's a knotty problem, one that will require all our best efforts to untangle it.
From the sacbee.com
The only thing they've got to untangle themselves is their beaks, McGowan said.
From the washingtonpost.com
We have to untangle ourselves and navigate through some very treacherous terrain.
From the edition.cnn.com
This professional website is not the place to untangle Mr. Nance's eschatology.
From the smallwarsjournal.com
It is our job as clinicians to work with patients to untangle these metaphors.
From the well.blogs.nytimes.com
More examples
  • Extricate: release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"
  • Unravel: become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "unravel the thread"
  • (untangled) not tangled
  • (untangling) unsnarling: the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition
  • Untangle is a privately held company based in San Mateo, CA, USA. The company provides an open source network gateway for small businesses, schools, and non-profit organizations. Untangle provides multiple gateway applications installed at the edge of a network.
  • To remove tangles or knots; To remove confusion or mystery