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- pronunciation:
- ihm
bar
go
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
embargoes |
| definition 1: |
a government injunction or other legal restriction on trade or the shipment of goods.
The government imposed a temporary embargo on all imported beef.- similar words:
- ban, prohibition, proscription, restraint, restriction
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| definition 2: |
a government order prohibiting merchant vessels from moving in or out of its ports.
- similar words:
- ban, prohibition, proscription
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| definition 3: |
a restraint or prohibition.
- synonyms:
- ban, prohibition, proscription, restraint, restriction
- similar words:
- exclusion, hindrance, impediment
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| related words: |
boycott |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
embargos, embargoing, embargoed |
| definition: |
to place an embargo on.
- similar words:
- ban, prohibit, proscribe, restrain, restrict
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| related words: |
boycott |
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