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Containment   /kəntˈeɪnmənt/   Listen
Containment

noun
1.
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.
2.
(physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor.
3.
The act of containing; keeping something from spreading.  "The containment of the rebellion"



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"Containment" Quotes from Famous Books



... self-containment was passed. Excitement bubbled over. I picked up my feet and ran ...
— The Recipe for Diamonds • Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne


Words linked to "Containment" :   system, physics, restraint, policy, natural philosophy, contain, ring containment


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