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untangling

 
Noun untangling has 1 sense
  1. unsnarling, untangling, disentanglement, extrication - the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition
    --1 is a kind of liberation, release, freeing
    Derived form: verb untangle1
Verb untangle has 2 senses
  1. extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber - release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"
    --1 is one way to free, disengage
    Derived form: noun untangling1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
  2. unravel, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick - become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "the sweater unravelled"
    --2 is one way to undo
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s something
untalented untaleted untalkative untamed untames untanglable untangle untangled untangling untanned untanted untaped untapped untargeted untarnished untask untasted

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