What's the difference between broil and embroil?

Broil


Definition:

  • (n.) A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state.
  • (v. t.) To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals.
  • (v. t.) To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.
  • (v. i.) To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Mutagens detectable by Salmonella typhimurium TA98, after activation by liver S-9 fraction, are formed when meat is cooked by frying, broiling and boiling.
  • (2) Frying or broiling of meat or fish yields powerful genotoxic carcinogens such as 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (IQ) and related amino-imidazo azaarene carcinogens.
  • (3) Further studies appear warranted to determine whether some of the adverse effects of environmental carcinogens, as found in cigarette smoke, charcoal-broiled meats, and industrial wastes, might be alleviated by dietary intervention.
  • (4) A high pressure liquid chromatographic procedure has been developed and applied to the analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH's) in 70 samples of smoked food products commercially available in Canada, and in 6 charcoal broiled meats.
  • (5) Initial applications have been demonstrated in the analysis of 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (IQ) and 2-amino-3,4-dimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (MeIQ) in broiled salmon flesh.
  • (6) The ratios of the average concentrations of APAP in plasma to those of phenacetin markedly increased after the charcoal-broiled beef diet.
  • (7) Treatment of broiled chicken with 0.5-3 mM nitrite, which is a physiologically feasible concentration in the human stomach under some conditions, induced direct-acting mutagenicity.
  • (8) Sugimura and associates discovered new types of mutagens as heterocyclic amines that are formed during frying or broiling of meats and fish.
  • (9) We have synthesized 11 heterocyclic aromatic amines with chemical structures related to that of 2-amino-3-methylimidazo [4,5-f] quinoline (IQ), a potent mutagen occurring in broiled sardines, fried beef and beef extract.
  • (10) The rat granuloma pouch assay was used to assess the in vivo mutagenic potential of 2-amino-3-methyl-imidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (IQ), a heterocyclic aromatic amine which is formed during the frying of meat and broiling of fish.
  • (11) Initial application is demonstrated in the analysis of 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (IQ) and 2-amino-3,4-dimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (MeIQ) in broiled salmon.
  • (12) Smoke formed during pan-broiling of lean pork was recovered at 3 different pan temperatures: 200, 250 and 300 degrees C, using an efficient device for collection of aerosol and volatiles.
  • (13) The addition of bran reduced BPH activity to 65% of that observed with the fiber-free, charcoal-broiled beef diet.
  • (14) Participants who achieved the greatest success reported substituting baking and broiling for frying as their method of food preparation, exercising routinely, eating smaller portions of food, and setting goals for weight loss.
  • (15) The effect of cooking time on mutagenic activity in crust, pan residue and smoke from pan-broiled pork patties was studied in the Ames Salmonella mutagenicity test system.
  • (16) The meat mutagens are usually produced in the crust of animal foods during frying, broiling, and baking.
  • (17) The flavour of the broiled meat indicated deterioration after 11 days of storage.
  • (18) High levels of mutagenic activity are formed rapidly when frying, or more slowly during broiling.
  • (19) The central and eastern parts of the state are ribbed with dry mountain ranges and wide, high deserts, broiling in summer and freezing in winter.
  • (20) Four test were performed to each patient with the intake of: (a) 400 ml of water, (b) 100 g (c) 300 g and (d) 500 g of broiled stems of O. streptacantha Lem.

Embroil


Definition:

  • (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.
  • (v. t.) To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.
  • (n.) See Embroilment.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) After five days watching birds illegally shot down and becoming embroiled in tense stand-offs with the police and hunters, Packham was summoned to a police station and interviewed for five hours.
  • (2) Japan is already embroiled in a long-running row with China over ownership of the Senkaku islands in the East China Sea, and has backed the Philippines and other South East Asian nations alarmed by the Chinese military build-up near disputed territory in the South China Sea.
  • (3) They all abstain from social media for fear of getting embroiled in some brouhaha.
  • (4) For us it is about safeguarding the interests of children who, unlike in criminal proceedings, invariably become embroiled in family proceedings through no fault of their own.
  • (5) At the time Cardiff were a point clear of the drop zone, although the owner and manager had been embroiled in a public row during the weeks which preceded Mackay's exit.
  • (6) Among the finance directors on it were: Ken Hanna of Cadbury Schweppes, which was locked in a battle at the European court over its use of a Dublin subsidiary; Richard Lapthorne of Cable & Wireless; and AstraZeneca's Jon Symonds, embroiled in a multibillion pound "transfer pricing" dispute.
  • (7) News UK’s decision saves the taxpayer millions of pounds and was made because the company did not wish to become embroiled in a protracted argument about its case.
  • (8) The BBC has become embroiled in a row with one of its longest-serving radio presenters on the day in which the broadcaster was heavily criticised by an independent inquiry for the way it had allowed stars like Jimmy Savile to abuse women and children for nearly 50 years.
  • (9) A UN panel that on Tuesday ruled that glyphosate was probably not carcinogenic to humans has now become embroiled in a bitter row about potential conflicts of interests.
  • (10) At that point, because she wasn’t taking my calls, I had no idea where Charlie was.” Johnson is still embroiled in proceedings months later, when I go to meet him at home with his wife, Sara.
  • (11) Jack Wilshere has sought to highlight his professionalism by posting a video of himself working hard in training, after becoming embroiled in his latest smoking controversy – an indiscretion that has infuriated the Arsenal manager, Arsène Wenger .
  • (12) GSK is also embroiled in a similar scandal in Poland after a whistleblower, Jarek Wisniewiski, told the BBC's Panorama programme that company representatives paid doctors to boost prescriptions.
  • (13) The country’s biggest oil companies – Sinopec, PetroChina and the China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) – are among the world’s largest businesses, but executives in the industry are embroiled in multiple corruption probes, many tied to networks of shell companies around the world.
  • (14) For weeks EU governments have been embroiled in a battle over commission demands to ease Italy’s burden by creating a new quotas system sharing asylum-seekers across the union.
  • (15) Instead, he found himself embroiled in an embarrassing debacle when a fight broke out during an event with tribal elders between Naseem Sharifi, his head of protocol, and Haji Sayed Jan Khakrezwal, the respected head of the Kandahar provincial council.
  • (16) Further, it only takes a cursory look at Hizb ut-Tahrir’s website to see that they are embroiled in a bitter and ongoing feud with Isis.
  • (17) On a modest street in a rundown area, Aziz Kara, a 64-year-old Turk, became embroiled in a ferocious argument with his neighbours.
  • (18) Ruling parties, political elites and former ministers in a string of EU countries are embroiled in cash-for-influence scandals that are exposing widespread allegations of corruption, triggering public revulsion and a voters' backlash.
  • (19) With increasing numbers leaving the land to look for work in the towns, many young people belong to families embroiled in feuds.
  • (20) The FBU has been embroiled in a long-running row with the government over controversial plans to change pensions and the retirement age of firefighters.