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quarantine definition

quar·an·tine (kwôr′ən tēn, kwär′-)

noun

    1. the period, orig. 40 days, during which an arriving vessel suspected of carrying contagious disease is detained in port in strict isolation
    2. the place where such a vessel is stationed
  2. any isolation or restriction on travel or passage imposed to keep contagious diseases, insect pests, etc. from spreading
  3. the state of being quarantined
  4. a place where persons, animals, or plants having contagious diseases, insect pests, etc. are kept in isolation, or beyond which they may not travel
  5. any period of seclusion, social ostracism, etc.

Etymology: It quarantina, lit., space of forty days < quaranta, forty < L quadraginta < base of quattuor, four

transitive verb quarantined -·tined′, quarantining -·tin′·ing

  1. to place under quarantine
  2. to isolate politically, commercially, socially, etc.

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quarantine

v.

isolate, hospitalize, detain, put in isolation, seclude, segregate, interdict, restrain, cordon off, put under quarantine, place in quarantine, ostracize; see also separate 2.


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quarantine Usage Examples

Object

  • attachment: PureMessage removes or quarantines suspicious attachments, providing increased protection by stopping common virus vectors at the email server.

Converse of object

  • enforce: We are the traffic cop that enforces quarantine, " says Gillis.

Adjective modifier

  • compulsory: The policy of compulsory quarantine ended ten years ago.

Modifies a noun

  • kennel: They were at a closer quarantine kennel for about a month.

Noun used with modifier

  • spam: I want my spam quarantine bin sent to a role account, rather than be held in a file local to the mail server.
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