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Embroil   Listen
verb
Embroil  v. t.  (past & past part. embroiled; pres. part. embroiling)  
1.
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. "The royal house embroiled in civil war."
2.
To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble. "The Christian antiquities at Rome... are so embroiled with fable and legend."
Synonyms: To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder; trouble; implicate; commingle.





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"Embroil" Quotes from Famous Books



... Rojestvensky, set sail from the port of Libau on October 16, 1904, beginning its career inauspiciously by firing impulsively on some English fishing-boats on the 21st, with the impression that these were Japanese scouts. This hasty act threatened to embroil Russia with another foe, the ally of Japan, but it passed off with ...
— Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality • Charles Morris


Words linked to "Embroil" :   drag in, tangle, sweep, involve, sweep up


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