Embargo

Noun

 * 1) An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.
 * 2) A ban on trade with another country.
 * 3) * 2004: Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
 * Instead he [Jefferson] proposed an embargo, an end to all trade between America and England.
 * 1) A temporary ban on making certain information public.
 * 2) * This copy of the federal budget is under embargo until 2 p.m.

Verb

 * 1)  To impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country.
 * 2)  To impose an embargo on a document.

Adjectives for Embargo
silly; alternative; virtual.

Verbs for Embargo
adopt—; apply—; assail—; authorize—; clap on—; condemn—; counter—; declare effect—; employ—; enforce—; impose instigate—; justify—; lift—; patronize proclaim—; propose—; support—; threaten—; urge—; —checks; —hinders; —restrains; —starves.

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, debarment, debarring, demarcation, denial, deny, disallow, disallowance, enjoin, exception, exclude, exclude from, exclusion, forbid, forbiddance, forbidden fruit, forbidding, freeze out, hinder, hindrance, hold back, hold up, ignore, impede, impediment, inadmissibility, index, index expurgatorius, index librorum prohibitorum, inhibit, inhibition, injunction, interdict, interdiction, interdictum, keep out, law, leave out, lock out, lockout, narrowing, no-no, nonadmission, omission, omit, ostracize, outlaw, pass over, preclude, preclusion, prevent, prevention, prohibit, prohibition, prohibitory injunction, proscribe, proscription, refusal, refuse, reject, rejection, relegate, relegation, repress, repression, repudiate, repudiation, restrain, restraint, restrict, restriction, restrictive covenants, retard, rule out, ruling out, say no to, send to Coventry, shut out, statute, stop, stoppage, sumptuary laws, suppress, suppression, taboo, zoning, zoning laws

Etymology
From embargar:.

Noun

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Anagrams

 * Bergamo

Etymology
embargo.

Noun
embargo


 * 1) embargo.

Noun

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Noun

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Noun

 * 1) embargo

Anagrams

 * Bergamo, gambero

Etymology
From embargo

Noun

 * 1) embargo

Noun

 * 1) embargo
 * 2) distraint

Derived terms

 * sin embargo

Related terms

 * embargar

Noun
embargo


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