disentangle

About 0.55 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot.

   I had to disentangle him from his own shoelaces.

2. verb To unravel; to separate into discrete components or units.
3. verb To become free or untangled.

Similar words

extricate unsnarl untangle disembroil disinvolve unwind disencumber straighten out comb comb out

Often followed by

the them himself from these themselves it and itself

Word family

disentangled disentanglement disentanglements disentangles disentangling