as in brawl
a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people
a noisy broil broke out at the bar
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as in to trap
to place in conflict or difficulties
instead of broiling themselves in internal strife, they should band together against the common enemy
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Recent Examples of broil
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
19 May 2026
Make desserts and casseroles, marinate meats, or broil fish in this handy baking dish.
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Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
10 Apr. 2026
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
The new jumbo burgers were flame-broiled through an innovation the company had stumbled into by necessity.
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Steve Patterson,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Dump ingredients onto the pan, season, broil, and drizzle with the addictive chipotle sauce.
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Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
19 May 2026
Make desserts and casseroles, marinate meats, or broil fish in this handy baking dish.
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Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
The tail is not yet cooked—though the hell-fire in which the whole book is broiled might not unreasonably have cooked it all ere this.
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Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
The new jumbo burgers were flame-broiled through an innovation the company had stumbled into by necessity.
—
Steve Patterson,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for broil
Noun
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Thirteen players, including four Australians, are ejected for their part in the brawl.
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The Red Sox and Nationals turned a regular June game into the biggest baseball brawl of the season after Boston hothead Willson Contreras completely lost it.
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Residents also joined the search, using shovels and their bare hands to remove rubble in an effort to reach children trapped beneath the debris.
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The child, identified by authorities as Klieber Moran, was rescued after spending six days trapped beneath the rubble, Rodríguez said.
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But Kubo hasn’t played since suffering a meniscus tear in Japan’s opener against the Netherlands, and yesterday he was ruled out for the Brazil clash.
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At the heart of the clash is how to manage wild horse populations that can reproduce at a rapid clip.
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Syria's economic opening predates recent conflicts, while Iraq is embroiled in a domestic anti-corruption purge.
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And to be an American is to be embroiled in the great democratic experiment that has been defined by division from the beginning.
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Mtula Payton didn’t cause that melee to occur.
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Nicolas Cage headlines through the Nick Cage Event Pass running June 25 to July 23, whose free track hands out the AN-94 assault rifle and Executioner's Duet melee weapon.
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In other words, the valuable part of any message, the signal, can easily get tangled up in noise.
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During the first game, the Fever’s Caitlin Clark and the Mercury’s DeWanna Bonner got tangled up, said some unkind things, and five players wound up with technical fouls in the aftermath.
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“Broil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broil. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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