All 5 Uses of
entangled
in
All Quiet on the Western Front
- The wire entanglements are torn to pieces.
p. 112.3entanglements = obstacles that can snag people
- They have already suffered heavily when they reach the remnants of the barbed wire entanglements.
p. 112.8
- Everywhere wire-cutters are snapping, planks are thrown across the entanglements, we jump through the narrow entrances into the trenches.
p. 117.1
- And this I know: all these things that now, while we are still in the war, sink down in us like a stone, after the war shall waken again, and then shall begin the disentanglement of life and death.
p. 140.7 *disentanglement = separationstandard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in disentanglement reverses the meaning of entanglement. This is the same pattern as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
- I know our barbed wire entanglements are strong and almost undamaged;—parts of them are charged with a powerful electric current.
p. 215.8 *entanglements = obstacles that can snag people
Definitions:
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(1)
(entangled as in: entangled in the branches) caught in
or:
twisted together into a confusing mass -
(2)
(entangled as in: entangled in local politics) deeply involve; or intermix with complications or difficulties
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, entangle can refer in quantum physics to a linkage between separated particles.