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Collocations for embargo - noun

ADJECTIVE

complete, strict, total
partial
mandatory
crippling
the crippling economic embargo against Haiti
international
economic
arms, oil, trade

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VERB + embargo

impose, place, put, put in place
Congress put an embargo on trade with these countries.
enforce, tighten
end, lift
The government has agreed to lift the embargo imposed ten years ago.
break, violate
We knew the arms embargo was being broken.

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PREPOSITION

embargo against
the international embargo against the country
embargo on
a strict embargo on oil imports

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