disentangle
/ˌdɪsɪnˈtæŋɡəl/
verb
- To free something from tangles or knots; to untwist or straighten out.
- The fisherman spent an hour trying to disentangle the fishing line.
- He used a brush to disentangle the dog's matted fur.
- She carefully disentangled the necklace from her hair.
- To separate someone or something from a complicated or difficult situation.
- It took months to disentangle her finances from her ex-husband's.
- The mediator helped disentangle the two companies from their legal dispute.
- The rescue team worked to disentangle the hiker from the thick vines.
- To make sense of something confusing or complex; to clarify.
- The historian worked to disentangle the different accounts of the event.
- The detective tried to disentangle the web of lies.
- It's hard to disentangle the facts from the rumors.