EXTRICATING Antonyms

• entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh

• take or catch as if in a snare or trap

• catch in or as if in a trap

• To entangle; to trap.

• entrap

• twist together or entwine into a confusing mass

• tie or link together

• spin, wind, or twist together

• bring into intimate and incriminating connection

• impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result

• connect closely and often incriminatingly

• engage as a participant

• have as a necessary feature

• require as useful, just, or proper

• contain as a part

• occupy or engage the interest of

• make complex or intricate or complicated

• something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares

• a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head

• a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities

• strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit

• a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose

• catch in or as if in a trap

• entice and trap

• a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven

• something jumbled or confused

• force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

• tangle or complicate

• disarrange or rumple; dishevel

• twist together or entwine into a confusing mass