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Synonyms for enmesh

to gain control of or an advantage over by or as if by trapping

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Synonyms for enmesh

entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh

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Therefore, unlike previous versions of the FACES, the FACES IV presents six subscales: two balanced ones (cohesion and flexibility) measuring moderate regions, and four unbalanced ones (rigid, chaotic, enmeshed and disengaged), measuring the upper and lower ends of cohesion and flexibility.
Often the individual's private persona gets enmeshed in it.
Tom Milliken, of wildlife trade monitors TRAFFIC, said: "The escalation in ivory trade and elephant and rhino killing is being driven by the Asian syndicates that are now firmly enmeshed within African societies.
These days Geils is more enmeshed in the blues and jazz side of popular music, but he's still an icon and a musical force to be reckoned with.
The research team identified three distinct family profiles-one happy, termed cohesive, and two unhappy, termed disengaged and enmeshed.
"Although we have expanded beyond our national borders, our future is forever enmeshed with Bahrain's future," added Shaikh Hamad.
I found Stephen Halliday's account of the Hanseatic League ('The First Common Market', July 2009) very interesting, especially his comparison of what was essentially a trading association with the politico-economic organisation in which modern Europe is now enmeshed.
"Enmeshed" a term used by family therapists is the opposite of detachment and is the target of Casey's probe.
The West Wales author's third Ben Hope novel follows his superhero as he attempts to rescue a fair maiden enmeshed in a sinister conspiracy, surviving against fearsome odds while leaving dead bodies strewn in his wake.
In the second of four consecutive home matches, Nuneaton failed to repeat last week's victory and therefore remain enmeshed in the relegation battle after being defeated by three tries to one.
Under Blair and Brown the country was already in a state of constant flux due to the introduction of hundreds of new laws and initiatives that merely add to the chaos in which this government has enmeshed itself.
As they involve themselves into solving a kidnap caper, the two become enmeshed a a world of family secrets, Cuban thugs, a gun-toting philosopher, a CIA agent, and a group of shadowy people plotting the overthrow of the Cuban government.
government in shambles....mired in war, debt and corruption." Now "enmeshed in some of the scandals" he is "riding out of Dodge City as the posse rides in...."
Chapters address how to overcome the inertia that keeps one enmeshed in failed habits and choices, reject egoistic self-deception, orchestrate a series of realistic, well-chosen goals, and reinvent oneself for the better.
You think of old Paul Scheerbart and that glass architecture stuff--and that LED enmeshed Hotel Habitat by Eric Ruiz-Geli.