Synonyms for containment
kənˈteɪn məntcon·tain·ment

Princeton's WordNet

1. containmentnoun

   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

   "containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975"

2. containmentnoun

   (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor

3. containmentnoun

   the act of containing; keeping something from spreading

   "the containment of the AIDS epidemic"; "the containment of the rebellion"

Matched Categories

1. • Physics
   • Policy
   • Restraint
   • System

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1. List of paraphrases for "containment":

   confining, confinement, lockdown, contention, restraint, impoundment, damming, encirclement, isolation, contain, limitation, restraining, retention

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1. Stephen Innes:

   Some shorts covered after the director gave the WHO's stamp of approval to China's aggressive containment effort, for now, the market's risk lights have shifted from flickering on red to a steady shade of amber, which could bring more risk back into play.

2. Robert Quigley:

   Social distancing, one of the recommended mitigation strategies, may be difficult to implement with some cultures accustomed to intimate contact a handshake, kissing, hugging, and not all public health resources are created equal. The measures of containment, screening, quarantine, isolation may vary from one jurisdiction to another. Italy is the European nation with the greatest number of air connections with China, so it is no surprise that this country has been hit the hardest.

3. Alexander Grushko:

   There cannot be a return to 'business as usual' with NATO as long as the alliance does not reconsider its containment policy toward Russia and does stop bloating the myth of a military threat from Russia.

4. Ian Lindsey:

   The authorities have been working overtime to put down a containment area and they were here last night ready to defend us, but there wasn't a lot of fire really, anyone who needed to had retreated. I'm not surprised, last weekend was intense.

5. Peter Hotez:

   This time, we have to go back to what's called' containment mode,' meaning less than one new case per million residents per day.