containment
pronunciation
How to pronounce containment in British English:
UK [kənˈteɪnmənt]
How to pronounce containment in American English:
US [kənˈtenmənt]
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- Noun:
- a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate pecefully
- (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor
- (military) the act of containing something or someone; keeping it from spreading
Word Origin
- containment (n.)
- 1650s, "action or fact of containing," from contain + -ment. As an international policy of the West vs. the Soviet Union, recorded from 1947.
Example
- 1. The astonishing spread of wheat rust makes quick containment impossible .
- 2. This will make the containment of iran at least a possibility .
- 3. Foolishly , he keeps saying that containment is not an option .
- 4. Washington orphans engagement and upgrades containment .
- 5. Let the neighbours do the containment .