1 [C] a difficult or complicated relationship with another person or country:
emotional / political entanglements * This affair did not prevent an entanglement with another of his co-stars.
2 [U] the act of becoming entangled in sth; the state of being entangled:
Many dolphins die each year from entanglement in fishing nets. * The auditors try to avoid entanglement with arguments over local policy.
3 (entanglements) [pl.] (technical) barriers made of BARBEDWIRE, used to stop an enemy from getting close
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