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counterembargo

noun

Etymology

From counter- + embargo.

  1. derived from *barra✻ — “bar, barrier”
  2. derived from *imbarricāre✻ — “to bar”
  3. derived from embargar
  4. prefixed as counterembargo — “counter + embargo”

Definitions

  1. An embargo that a nation sets up in response to another embargo against it.

    • At the same time, the Republic of Cyprus is stymied by a counterembargo by Turkey on its ships and planes, denying them access to the giant and lucrative Turkish market, its closest neighbor.

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