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CONTAINMENT definition: 1. the act of controlling or limiting something or someone harmful: 2. an attempt to keep another…. Learn more.
Containment was a geopolitical strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States during the Cold War to prevent the spread of communism after the end of World War II. The name was loosely related to the term cordon sanitaire , which was containment of the Soviet Union in the interwar period .
The meaning of CONTAINMENT is the act, process, or means of keeping something within limits. How to use containment in a sentence.
CONTAINMENT meaning: 1. the act of controlling or limiting something or someone harmful: 2. an attempt to keep another…. Learn more.
Definition of containment noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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 ...
Synonyms for CONTAINMENT: isolation, segregation, restraint, constraint, confinement, restriction, limitation, circumscription, stint, rein.
