noun
- The act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition.
- synonyms: unsnarling, disentanglement, extrication
verb
- Release from entanglement of difficulty.
- usage: "I cannot extricate myself from this task"
- synonyms: extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber
- Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of.
- usage: "unravel the thread"
- synonyms: unravel, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick
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