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  • 1The X-Files (season 3) — The X Files Season 3 Region 1 DVD cover art Country of origin United States Canada …

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  • 2Threads of Life — Infobox Album Name = Threads of Life Type = studio Artist = Shadows Fall Released = April 3, 2007 Recorded = 2006 Length = 49:05 53:45 (with bonus track) Genre = Thrash metal, metalcore Label = Atlantic, Roadrunner Producer = Nick Raskulinecz… …

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  • 3Unravel — Un*rav el, v. t. [1st pref. un (intensive) + ravel.] [1913 Webster] 1. To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, to clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve; as …

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  • 4unravel — [un rav′əl] vt. unraveled or unravelled, unraveling or unravelling 1. to undo (something woven or tangled); untangle or separate the threads of 2. to make clear of confusion or involvement; solve vi. to become unraveled unravelment n …

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  • 5unravel — [[t]ʌnræ̱v(ə)l[/t]] unravels, unravelling, unravelled (in AM, use unraveling, unraveled) 1) VERB If something such as a plan or system unravels, it breaks up or begins to fail. His government began to unravel because of a banking scandal... When… …

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  • 6unravel — un|rav|el [ʌnˈrævəl] v past tense and past participle unravelled present participle unravelling BrE past tense and past participle unraveled present participle unraveling AmE 1.) [T] to understand or explain something that is mysterious or… …

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  • 7unravel — Date: 1603 transitive verb 1. a. to disengage or separate the threads of ; disentangle b. to cause to come apart by or as if by separating the threads of 2. to resolve the intricacy, complexity, or obscurity of ; clear up < unravel a mystery >&#8230; …

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  • 8unravel — unraveler; esp. Brit., unraveller, n. unravelment, n. /un rav euhl/, v., unraveled, unraveling or (esp. Brit.) unravelled, unravelling. v.t. 1. to separate or disentangle the threads of (a woven or knitted fabric, a rope, etc.). 2. to free from&#8230; …

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  • 9unravel — verb to separate the threads (of) Stop playing with the seam of the table cloth! You will unravel it. Syn: unriddle, solve, unsnarl, disentangle …

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  • 10unravel — un•rav•el [[t]ʌnˈræv əl[/t]] v. eled, el•ing (esp. brit.) elled, el•ling. 1) to separate or disentangle the threads of (a fabric, rope, etc.) 2) to free from complications; make plain or clear; solve: to unravel a mystery[/ex] 3) inf to take&#8230; …

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