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sanctions

noun as in embargo, punishment

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She claims that America wants to destroy Russia and provoked it into invading Ukraine in order to impose draconian sanctions on the country.

From Salon

And some of his most destructive work, like accelerating the Iranian nuclear program by pulling out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in 2018, or imposing economic sanctions on Venezuela so severe that they catalyzed a mass migration to the United States that he was able to blame on Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, were the equivalent of planting bombs that go off long after you’ve left the room.

From Slate

The following year, Trump signed an executive order limiting sanctions against religious organizations for speaking about moral or political issues from a religious perspective.

“And if Trump dismantles our democracy, as many fear will be the case, and the world’s greatest power, the U.S., becomes — in essence — a petrostate, it’s game over for climate action full stop for the foreseeable future, unless the rest of the world unites and takes bold action, including potentially the most punitive possible sanctions against the United States.”

From Salon

He has been at the centre of scandals around the world, and has been the subject of criminal charges and sanctions.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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