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EMBRANGLE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make more complicated or confused through entanglements

Synonyms:

embrangle; snarl; snarl up

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "embrangle" is one way to...):

complicate; perplex (make more complicated)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "embrangle"):

snafu (cause to be in a state of complete confusion)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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