containment as a noun: - 1
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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 peacefully.
2 containment
physics A system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor.
3 containment
The act of containing; keeping something from spreading.
verb
Roget 229:
circumscribe,
limit,
bound,
confine,
inclose;
surround
etc.
227;
compass about;
imprison
etc.
(restrain)
751;
hedge in,
wall in,
rail in;
fence round,
fence in,
hedge round;
picket;
corral.
enfold,
bury,
encase,
incase†,
pack up,
enshrine,
inclasp†;
wrap up
etc.
(invest)
225;
embay†,
embosom†.
containment
(inclusion)
76.
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