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cordon sanitaire definition

cordon sa·ni·taire (sȧ nē ter′)

  1. a barrier restraining free movement of people or goods, so as to keep a disease, infection, etc. from spreading from one locality into another
  2. a belt of countries serving to isolate another country and check its aggressiveness or lessen its influence

Etymology: Fr, lit., sanitary cordon

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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