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embroil

verb as in involve in dispute; complicate

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This would embroil him with his neighbors, and make central Europe secure while France was fighting Spain.

Would it make her heart lighter to have you embroil yourself for her sake?

I acknowledge that Heaven has not given me your talent, and that I have not the brains like you to embroil myself with justice.

Therefore the slave-owners who had gained possession of your Government hated her, insulted her, tried to embroil you with her.

It is not my business to embroil matters between the two countries; quite otherwise.

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On this page you'll find 62 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to embroil, such as: enmesh, ensnare, entangle, implicate, involve, and mire.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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