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 Pawlikowski’s mother and father, also named Zula and Wiktor, whose unmanageable love had kept them tangled and disentangled for decades, took their own lives in 1989, as the Cold War that had cast its chill upon their time was beginning to thaw. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 Systems have to be disentangled, employees moved, contracts rewritten, and corporate functions recreated. — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 To pretend that a cover is merely incidental is to ignore how much of literature is extraliterary, as if consciousness can be easily disentangled from the body. — Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026 The unique shape of these events meant that signals from wakes could be more easily disentangled from surrounding noise. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 July 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disentangled
  1. unraveled
  2. freed
  3. liberated
  4. extricated
  5. saved
  6. untangled
  7. redeemed
  8. disengaged
Verb
  • Over the past 25 or so years, this country has unraveled in a lot of ways.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The firm unraveled in 2025 after prosecutors accused its founder and chief financial officer of concealing hundreds of millions of dollars in financial problems from lenders and investors, a case bolstered by the CFO’s guilty plea.
    — Alex Volonte, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of unraveled
Verb
  • In present day, back on the planet decimated by the Manhunters, John interrogates Sinestro (Ulrich Thomsen) and learns that Noah freed the villain from prison.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Once imprisoned on corruption charges, Lula was freed by the nation's Supreme Court and then defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a heated 2022 election by a razor-thin margin.
    — David Unsworth, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of freed
Verb
  • We were taught by a gruff cockney called Fred Waring, who had participated in the D-Day landings in a regiment that had fought its way across Europe towards Berlin and liberated the concentration camp at Belsen.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026
  • While maybe not what anyone would call a feminist show, Charlie’s Angels did come along right when women were first being liberated on network TV.
    — Michael Callahan, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of liberated
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  • The driver had to be extricated from the vehicle and died at the scene, police said.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Ballard was unconscious at the scene of the crash in Topeka and had to be extricated from his vehicle, a 2024 Ford F-150 pickup truck.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of extricated
Verb
  • Lars Eller, the sixth skater, fired a shot from the point that Anaheim goaltender Lukas Dostal saved.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
  • One of the more useful recommendations from this research is to stop looking only at hours saved and ask instead what the business is now willing and able to attempt.
    — Luboslava Uram, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of saved
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  • Zack Wheeler pitched a gem against Tampa Bay on Sunday and untangled a few thousand knots inside the stomachs of Phillies fans, and even from those inside a mostly solemn clubhouse.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Below are the ones that untangled our knots and delivered the most seamless combing and brushing experience.
    — Eden Stuart, Glamour, 7 July 2026
Definition of untangled
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  • Kathryn Riley / Getty Week 4 of the NFL season featured dramatic comebacks, quarterbacks who redeemed themselves (while others continued to struggle) and three teams left with undefeated records.
    — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The infamous stage musical adaptation of Stephen King’s novel about a telekinetic high schooler was a massive Broadway flop in 1988 but has been redeemed by steady community and college theater productions over the decades since.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of redeemed
Verb
  • With the throne disengaged from governance, petitions and reports from officials piled up unread, crucial state posts went unfilled, and the imperial bureaucracy splintered amid poisonous factional infighting.
    — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
  • As a result, Said grew up rather politically disengaged and with no real connection to his identity.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of disengaged

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“Disentangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disentangled. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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