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containment
/kən'teɪnmənt/
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Definitions of containment
  1. noun
    a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully
    "containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975"
    type of:
    policy
  2. noun
    (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor
    type of:
    system
  3. noun
    the act of containing; keeping something from spreading
    "the containment of the AIDS epidemic" "the containment of the rebellion"
    type of:
    restraint
Examples of containment
  • "containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975"
  • "the containment of the AIDS epidemic"
  • "the containment of the rebellion"
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