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containment (enc)
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Containment| Noun | 1. | containment - a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate pecefully; "containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975"policy - a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group; "it was a policy of retribution"; "a politician keeps changing his policies" | | | 2. | containment - (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactorsystem - instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer" | | | 3. | containment - (military) the act of containing something or someone; keeping it from spreading; "the army was charged with the containment of the rebel forces"restraint - the of act controlling by restraining someone or something; "the unlawful restraint of trade" ring containment - a strategy of defense in cases of bioterrorism; vaccination only of people exposed and others who are incontact with them; "ring containment is a proven method of halting a smallpox epidemic" | |
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