Thesaurus: embroil

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1. v. t. 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.
2. v. t. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.
3. n. See Embroilment.
4. v. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
5. 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. Dryden. 2. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble. The Christian antiquities at Rome . . . are so embroiled with Addison. Syn. -- To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder; trouble; implicate; commingle. See Embroilment.
6. v:100 v. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action