unravel
[verb]
Synonyms:
- undo, disentangle, free, separate, untangle, unwind
- solve, explain, figure out (informal), resolve, work out

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Related Words: disentangle, extricate, untangle

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

un‧rav‧el /ʌnˈrævəl/ verb (past tense and past participle unravelled, present participle unravelling British English, unraveled, unraveling American English)

1. [transitive] to understand or explain something that is mysterious or complicated:
Detectives are still trying to unravel the mystery surrounding his death.

2. [intransitive and transitive] if you unravel threads, string etc, or if they unravel, they stop being twisted together

3. [intransitive] if a system, plan, organization etc unravels, it starts to fail Synonym : fall apart:
The company started to unravel when two of the directors were arrested.

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