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to embargo
01
to impose a restriction or official ban on the release, publication, or distribution of certain information, news, or materials
Transitive: to embargo information or news
Examples
The newspaper editor decided to embargo the sensitive article until the legal implications were clarified.
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
embargo
3rd person singular
embargoes
Present participle
embargoing
Past simple
embargoed
Past participle
embargoed
Examples
In response to the political tensions, the government decided to embargo the export of certain goods to the neighboring nation.
Embargo
01
an official order according to which any commercial activity with a particular country is banned
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
embargoes
