embroil
Use Embroil in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to bring into discord or conflict; involve in contention or strife.
2.
to throw into confusion; complicate.
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embroil (ɪmˈbrɔɪl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to involve (a person, oneself, etc) in trouble, conflict, or argument |
| 2. | to throw (affairs) into a state of confusion or disorder; complicate; entangle |
| [C17: from French embrouiller, from brouiller to mingle, confuse] | |
| em'broiler | |
| —n | |
| em'broilment | |
| —n | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
embroil
c.1600, from Fr. embrouillier (cognate with It. imbrogliare), from en- "in" + brouiller "confuse," from O.Fr. brooillier (see broil (2)). Sense of "involve in a quarrel" is first attested c.1610.
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Example sentences
Such a situation could embroil countries in battles over what should and should not appear.
Those employees can, by actions within the scope of their employment, embroil the corporation in serious legal difficulties.
It is a lively situation in which to embroil a spectator and the breath comes pleasantly fast while it is being resolved.
Failure to do so would embroil the government in court for years.
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