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containment > 3 senses
NOUN1containmentA policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully
2containment(physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor
3containmentThe act of containing
containment > pronunciation
Soundskahntey'nmahnt
Rhymesabandonment, abatement, aberrant, and 658 more rhymes in ahnt...
containment > noun 1, cognition
MeaningA policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully.
Examples"containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975"
Broaderpolicy
Verbscontain
containment > noun 2, artifact
Meaning(physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor.
Categoryphysics, physical science, natural philosophy
Broadersystem
containment > noun 3, act
MeaningThe act of containing. Keeping something from spreading.
Examples"the containment of the AIDS epidemic"; "the containment of the rebellion"
Broaderrestraint
Narrowerring containment
Verbscontain

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