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containment
/kənˈteɪnmənt/
noun 5
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5ADJ.
focused, long, new, rich, soviet, trying, useful
VERB + CONTAINMENT
created, end, reviewed
CONTAINMENT + NOUN
procedures, room
PREP.
around, down, on, with
ADV.
really
Definitions
noun
1
The state of being contained.
A new siding and turnback facility at Midleton will also be developed, along with new cable containment routes.
2
The state of containing.
3
Something contained.
The containment of a rich man's estate.
4
A policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War.
Mr. Putin has reinvigorated an alliance that spent years confused about its purpose once it lost the adversary it was formed to contain, the Soviet Union. Now, containment is back.
5
A physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant.
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A new siding and turnback facility at Midleton will also be developed, along with new cable containment routes.
Wiktionary02
The containment of a rich man's estate.
Wiktionary03
Mr. Putin has reinvigorated an alliance that spent years confused about its purpose once it lost the adversary it was formed to contain, the Soviet Union. Now, containment is back.
Wiktionary04
Most European countries have, or are, moving quickly from a strategy focused on containment and trying to keep the virus from their borders.
Tatoeba · #860982605
New York state on Tuesday created a “containment zone” around the town of New Rochelle, the epicenter of the outbreak in the state.
Tatoeba · #860986206
Containment is long.
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