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containment
[ kuhn-teyn-muhnt ]
noun
- the act or condition of containing.
- an act or policy of restricting the territorial growth or ideological influence of another, especially a hostile nation.
- an act or policy of limiting the expansion or spread of a natural disaster, contagious disease, or other dangerous thing: Local farmers notified authorities of sick and dying birds more quickly than the previous year, ensuring quick containment of infection on the farm.
Containment of the wildfire reached nearly 40% before powerful winds carried embers over the perimeter, reducing containment.
Local farmers notified authorities of sick and dying birds more quickly than the previous year, ensuring quick containment of infection on the farm.
- (in a nuclear power plant) an enclosure completely surrounding a nuclear reactor, designed to prevent the release of radioactive material in the event of an accident.
containment
/ əˈٱɪԳəԳ /
noun
- the act or condition of containing, esp of restraining the ideological or political power of a hostile country or the operations of a hostile military force
- (from 1947 to the mid-1970s) a principle of US foreign policy that sought to prevent the expansion of Communist power
- Also calledconfinement physics the process of preventing the plasma in a controlled thermonuclear reactor from reaching the walls of the reaction vessel, usually by confining it within a configuration of magnetic fields See magnetic bottle
containment
- A policy aimed at controlling the spread of communism around the world, developed in the administration of President Harry S. Truman . The formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) in 1949 was an important step in the development of containment.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of containment1
Example Sentences
More than 200 personnel were fighting the fire, which was at 0% containment Sunday night.
Seven years later, a thick, black, oily-looking substance with plastic containment barriers around it was visible along the edge of a section of wetland.
He added: "It was necessary to apply containment tactics to maintain public safety and deal effectively with those intent on disruption or non-compliance with relevant legislation."
"We did our best to keep a lid on things but, in the end, containment strategies invariably fail," said Farage.
The evening before, I’d reported the burned acreage aloud to my partner as LAist updated its website: “400 acres, zero containment.”
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