Embroil

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  • transitive verb. To involve in argument, contention, or hostile actions.
  • transitive verb. To throw into confusion or disorder; entangle.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To broil; burn.
  • noun. Perplexity; confusion; embarrassment.
  • To mix up or entangle; intermix confusedly; involve.
  • To involve in contention or trouble by discord; disturb; distract.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife.
  • transitive verb. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.
  • noun. See embroilment.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To draw into a situation; to cause to be involved.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
  • Word Usage
    "For him to do as the Republicans want, he would again embroil our country in a fight that is not ours."
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    involve  
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    Boyle  Doyle  Hoyle  boil  broil  
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