detangle

de- +‎ tangle

detangle (third-person singular simple present detangles, present participle detangling, simple past and past participle detangled)

1. (transitive) To disentangle, remove tangles from (especially hair).
   • 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 190:

     We know that mycorrhizal fungi form and re-form their connections with plants, tangling, detangling and retangling.

• detangler

• Danegelt