embargo

Speech parts

1. embargo - Noun

2. embargo - Verb

Meaning

An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a prohibition to sail.

To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

blockade ban prohibition interdiction moratorium coventry doubletree prevention stop block bar banned prohibited barrier forbidden
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Antonyms

council commission raj fiat canton directorate
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Hypernyms

stop block ban halt censor kibosh

Phrases with the word

building embargo construction embargo place an embargo on trade embargo put an embargo on embargo order

Derivatives

embargoes embargoed embargoing

Anagrams

Bergamo

Examples

No one believes for a moment the embargo will prompt the Iraqi people to rise against Saddam Hussein. Alexander Cockburn

Well, I know that 500,000 children died in Iraq because of the embargo. Jacques Vergès

The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power. Bianca Jagger

Paradoxically, no such embargo exists for the drugs and therapies that have revolutionized the treatment of serious diseases although many of them were created with the same technologies. Paul Berg

The U.S. trade embargo on Cuba is almost completely ineffective, as many other countries, including the European Union, do not honor it. Robert Zubrin

The Chandrika government had lifted the embargo on certain goods banned by the previous regime. Chandrika Kumaratunga

Close letter words and terms

embarcadero embarcation embarge embargoes embargoist embark