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[ˌdɪsɪnˈtæŋɡəɫ] · verb
(transitive) To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot..
I had to disentangle him from his own shoelaces.
In my own opinion, “criminal religious movements” (CRMs) is a more accurate and useful category than “cults.” It uses, although selectively, elements from the criminological tradition. It avoids the word “cult” and tries to disentangle the category from both the folk psychology of brainwashing and the politics of “extremism” in theology.
This overlapping is reflective of hybrid languages, where certain features (phonetic, orthographic, semantic, syntactic) are also difficult to disentangle.
Use disentangle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Disentangle means (transitive) To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot..
Common synonyms include unsnarl, untangle, disentangle, feeze.
Possible antonyms include snarl, tangle, mat, entangle.
I had to disentangle him from his own shoelaces.
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