Embargo
Embargo verb - Prevent commerce.
Refuse and embargo are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Refuse" instead a verb "Embargo".
Nearby Words: embargoed, embargoing
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Noodle Incident: Regarding the embargo on the Empire, the Admiralty simply says "They know what they did." They refuse to elaborate on that.
Source: Characters / Sunless Sea
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Refuse and Embargo. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/embargo/refuse
Embargo & Refuse. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/embargo/refuse>.
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