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embargo

noun

1 embargo

A government order imposing a trade barrier.

synonyms: trade embargo, trade stoppage.

Roget 265: rest; stillness etc. adj.; quiescence; stagnation, stagnancy; fixity, immobility, catalepsy; indisturbance; quietism.    quiet, ... show more

Roget 761: prohibition, inhibition; veto, disallowance; interdict, interdiction; injunction, estoppel [Law]; embargo, ban, taboo, proscription; index expurgatorius [Lat.]; ... show more

Dutch: embargo, uitvoerverbod
Polish: embargo

verb

1 embargo

Ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons.

2 embargo

Prevent commerce.


Moby thesaurus: Eighteenth Amendment, Prohibition Party, Volstead Act, ban, bar, bar out, barrier, barring, block, blockade, blockage, boycott, cease, cessation, check, circumscription, contraband, count out, cut off, debar ... show more.

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