verb
- Release from entanglement of difficulty.
- usage: "I cannot extricate myself from this task"
- synonyms: extricate, untangle, disencumber
- Extricate from entanglement.
- usage: "Can you disentangle the cord"
- synonyms: unsnarl, straighten out
- Free from involvement or entanglement.
- usage: "How can I disentangle myself from her personal affairs"
- synonyms: disinvolve, disembroil
- Separate the tangles of.
- synonyms: unwind
- Smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb.
- usage: "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"
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