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intertwined

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1. intertwined - Adjective

2. intertwined - Verb

Meaning

(literally) Twined or twisted together; entwined.
Synonym: braided
Intertwined threads of cotton
The lovers' limbs were intertwined.

(figuratively) Inextricably related or relevant.
The problems of criminality and of corruption of law enforcement are intertwined.

intertwined

simple past and past participle of intertwine

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'2001' was written in an age which now lies beyond one of the great divides in human history; we are sundered from it forever by the moment when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped out on to the Sea of Tranquility. Now history and fiction have become inexorably intertwined. Arthur C. Clarke

Where you are is who you are. The further inside you the place moves, the more your identity is intertwined with it. Never casual, the choice of place is the choice of something you crave. Frances Mayes

New Orleans is a city of paradox. Sin, salvation, sex, sanctification, so intertwined yet so separate. Harry Connick

In schoolbooks and in literature we can separate ecclesiastical and political history; in the life of mankind they are intertwined. Leopold von Ranke

In 1913 many believed that there would never again be a war in Europe. The great powers of the continent were so closely intertwined economically that the view was widespread that they could no longer afford to have military confrontations. Jean-Claude Juncker

Bad and good are intertwined like rope. Japanese Proverb

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