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containment
[ kuhn-teyn-muhnt ]
noun
- the act or condition of containing.
- an act or policy of restricting the territorial growth or ideological influence of another, especially a hostile nation.
- an act or policy of limiting the expansion or spread of a natural disaster, contagious disease, or other dangerous thing: Local farmers notified authorities of sick and dying birds more quickly than the previous year, ensuring quick containment of infection on the farm.
Containment of the wildfire reached nearly 40% before powerful winds carried embers over the perimeter, reducing containment.
Local farmers notified authorities of sick and dying birds more quickly than the previous year, ensuring quick containment of infection on the farm.
- (in a nuclear power plant) an enclosure completely surrounding a nuclear reactor, designed to prevent the release of radioactive material in the event of an accident.
containment
/ əˈٱɪԳəԳ /
noun
- the act or condition of containing, esp of restraining the ideological or political power of a hostile country or the operations of a hostile military force
- (from 1947 to the mid-1970s) a principle of US foreign policy that sought to prevent the expansion of Communist power
- Also calledconfinement physics the process of preventing the plasma in a controlled thermonuclear reactor from reaching the walls of the reaction vessel, usually by confining it within a configuration of magnetic fields See magnetic bottle
containment
- A policy aimed at controlling the spread of communism around the world, developed in the administration of President Harry S. Truman . The formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) in 1949 was an important step in the development of containment.
Word History and Origins
Origin of containment1
Example Sentences
Then, “800 acres, zero containment,” my voice trembling as if the burn map was of my own skin.
But that monitoring and containment of potential disease outbreaks will be absolutely critical to protect us.
"Separation centres should be for control and containment because these people are not going to change their ideologies and they are intent on inflicting harm on everyone they come into contact with," he said.
"These prisoners need only receive their basic entitlements and we should concentrate on control and containment instead of attempting to appease them. Things have to change."
The authority said that "the lack of secure containment for the penguin" was responsible for creating the "dangerous situation".
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