Associations to the word «Containment»
Noun
- Reactor
- Spill
- Truman
- Communism
- Leakage
- Wildfire
- Contamination
- Fission
- Appraisal
- Quarantine
- Disarmament
- Singularity
- Dike
- Pathogen
- Landfill
- Breach
- Strategy
- Cold
- Groundwater
- Eisenhower
- Isolation
- Vessel
- Leak
- Indochina
- Firefighter
- Lab
- Fusion
- Domino
- Aquaculture
- Warp
- Policy
- Waste
- Rupture
- Pod
- Suit
- Redundancy
- Integrity
- Explosion
- Buildup
- Suppression
- Surveillance
- Bulkhead
- Graphite
- Doctrine
- Radiation
- Hydrogen
- Subspace
- Vaccination
- Disposal
- Fuel
- Uranium
- Perimeter
- Generator
- Hierarchy
- Plasma
- Laboratory
- Influenza
- Canister
- Barrier
- Toxin
- Core
- Nato
- Cost
- Valve
- Primate
- Pressure
- Boom
- Dome
- Virus
- Prevention
Adjective
Wiktionary
CONTAINMENT, noun. (uncountable) The state of being contained.
CONTAINMENT, noun. (uncountable) (countable) The state of containing.
CONTAINMENT, noun. (uncountable) (countable) Something contained.
CONTAINMENT, noun. (uncountable) (countable) a policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War.
CONTAINMENT, noun. (countable) a physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant.
CONTAINMENT, noun. (countable) (mathematics) an inclusion
CONTAINMENT BOOM, noun. A temporary floating barrier used to contain an oil spill.
Dictionary definition
CONTAINMENT, 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 peacefully; "containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975".
CONTAINMENT, noun. (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor.
CONTAINMENT, noun. The act of containing; keeping something from spreading; "the containment of the AIDS epidemic"; "the containment of the rebellion".
Wise words
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