embargo as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
- 2
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,
tranquility,
calm;
repose
etc.
687;
peace;
dead calm,
anticyclone†;
statue-like repose;
silence
etc.
203;
not a breath of air,
not a mouse stirring;
sleep
etc.
(inactivity)
683.
pause,
lull
etc.
(cessation)
142;
stand still;
standing still
etc.
v.;
lock;
dead lock,
dead stop,
dead stand;
full stop;
fix;
embargo.
resting place;
gite [Fr.];
bivouac;
home
etc.
(abode)
189;
pillow
etc.
(support)
215;
haven
etc.
(refuge)
666;
goal
etc.
(arrival)
292.
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Roget 761:
prohibition,
inhibition;
veto,
disallowance;
interdict,
interdiction;
injunction,
estoppel [Law];
embargo,
ban,
taboo,
proscription;
index expurgatorius [Lat.];
restriction
etc.
(restraint)
751;
hindrance
etc.
706;
forbidden fruit;
Maine law [U.S.].
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Dutch: embargo, uitvoerverbod
Polish: embargo
verb
1 embargo
Ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons.
2 embargo
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