embargo
/ɪmˈbɑɹɡoʊ/ verb C2- To impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country.
- To impose an embargo on a document.
He/she/it embargoes · Past embargoed · Past participle embargoed · -ing form embargoing
Verb forms
- Base form
- embargo
- He/she/it
- embargoes
- Past
- embargoed
- Past participle
- embargoed
- -ing form
- embargoing
From the library
She wanted to talk, but there seemed an embargo on every subject.
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