Definition of Containment
Noun
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the act of containing
keeping something from spreading
"the containment of the AIDS epidemic"
"the containment of the rebellion"
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(physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor
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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"
Word games points for the Containment
- Scrabble® score of the containment (15)
- Word Chums® score of the containment (23)
- Words With Friends® score of the containment (20)
Unscramble containment
467 unscramble word found using the letters containment.
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