Both Uses of
embargo
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Unbroken - adapted for young adults
- To stop Japan, President Franklin Roosevelt declared an embargo—a trade ban—on war-making materials.†
p. 45.6 *
- Soon, he'd declare an oil embargo, freeze Japanese assets in America, and finally ban all trade with Japan.†
p. 45.7
Definition:
an official ban or restriction -- especially a government-imposed trade barrier