(~s, disentangling, ~d)
1.
If you ~ a complicated or confused situation, you make it easier to understand or manage to understand it, by clearly recognizing each separate element.
In this new book, Harrison brilliantly ~s complex debates...
It’s impossible to ~ the myth from reality.
VERB: V n, V n from n
2.
If you ~ something or someone from an undesirable thing or situation, you separate it from that thing or remove it from that situation.
They are looking at ways to ~ him from this major policy decision...
= extricate
VERB: V n from n
3.
If you ~ something, you separate it from things that are twisted around it, or things that it is twisted or knotted around.
She clawed at the bushes to ~ herself...
VERB: V n