containment

con·tain·ment

noun

The definition of containment is keeping something restricted or under control, or to describe preventing a hostile country or hostile influence from expanding its influence.

Efforts to stop a disease from spreading to new populations are an example of containment.
Trying to keep a harmful dictator from expanding his reach is an example of containment.

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containment

a containing or being contained; specif.,

the policy of attempting to prevent the influence of an opposing nation or political system from spreading
prevention of the spread or escape of something toxic or otherwise harmful
the steel and concrete shell used in a nuclear power plant
in full containment structure

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containment

noun

The act or condition of containing.
A policy of checking the expansion or influence of a hostile power or ideology, as by the creation of strategic alliances or support of client states in areas of conflict or unrest.
A structure or system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive materials from a reactor.

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Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural containments)

(uncountable) The state of being contained.
(uncountable, countable) The state of containing.
(uncountable, countable) Something contained.
(uncountable, countable) a policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War.
(countable) a physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant.
(countable, mathematics) an inclusion

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contain +‎ -ment

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