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counterembargo

counterembargo noun: an embargo that a nation sets up in response to another embargo against it.

Noun

counterembargo (plural counterembargoes)

  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.2015 August 31, Jonathan Gorvett, “Cyprus Hopes Reunification Talks Will Revive a Resort, Population 0”, in New York Times

Forms of counterembargo

pluralcounterembargoes

Origin of counterembargo

From counter- + embargo.

Questions about counterembargo

What does counterembargo mean?
Counterembargo means an embargo that a nation sets up in response to another embargo against it.
What part of speech is counterembargo?
Counterembargo is a noun.
What is the plural of counterembargo?
The plural of counterembargo is counterembargoes.

Words near counterembargo in the dictionary

  1. counterelectrodes
  2. counterelectromotive
  3. counterelectrophoresis
  4. counterelite
  5. counterelites
  6. counterembargo
  7. counterembargoes
  8. counterembattled
  9. counterembowed
  10. counteremotion
  11. counteremotions

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