Counterembargo

noun

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Noun
  1. 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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"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."

Etymology

From counter- + embargo.

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