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embargo
verbs
place/impose an embargo on something
(= start an embargo )
• The UN imposed an embargo on trade with the military regime.
lift/end an embargo
(= stop an embargo )
• Britain favours lifting the embargo on humanitarian grounds.
break an embargo
(= trade with a country illegally when there is an embargo )
• It has been almost impossible to stop countries breaking the embargo.
tighten an embargo
(= make an embargo stricter and more difficult to break )
• We are taking further action to tighten the embargo.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + embargo
a complete/total embargo
• There is a complete embargo on arms sales to governments that violate human rights.
a strict embargo
(= one that must be obeyed )
• The new measures include a strict embargo on fuel.
a trade embargo
• The EU has threatened to impose a trade embargo on the US.
an economic embargo
(= one that does not allow any trade or financial business with a country )
• He asked for an immediate end to the economic embargo imposed last year.
an arms embargo
(= one that stops weapons being sold or sent to a country )
• Ministers knew that the arms embargo was being broken.
an international embargo
(= one that a group of countries agree to impose together )
• Under the terms of the international embargo, medical aid can still be flown into the capital.
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noun ADJ. complete, strict, total | selective | international | economic | arms, oil, trade VERB + EMBARGO impose, place, put | enforce, tighten | lift The government has agreed to lift the embargo imposed ten years ago. | break, violate We knew the arms embargo was being broken. PREP. ~ against the international embargo against the country | ~ on a strict embargo on oil imports
Oxford Collocations Dictionary