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ensnarl

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of ensnarl

to catch or hold as if in a net

for two years the couple was ensnarled in the red tape of an international adoption

Synonyms of ensnarl

catch up, enmesh (also immesh), ensnare, entangle, entoil, entrap, mesh, net, snare, tangle, trap

Words Related to ensnarl

bag, birdlime, capture, collar

embroil, implicate, involve, mire

Near Antonyms of ensnarl

detach, disengage, extricate

clear, free, liberate

Antonyms of ensnarl

disentangle, untangle

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