NOUN | cognition | containment | 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 |
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artifact | containment | (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor | |
act | containment | the act of containing |
Sounds | kahntey'nmahnt | |
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Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... |
Meaning | 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. | |
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Example | "containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975" | |
Broader | policy | A plan of action adopted by an individual or social group |
Verbs | contain | hold back, as of a danger or an enemy |
Meaning | (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor. | |
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Category | physics, natural philosophy | The science of matter and energy and their interactions |
Broader | system | instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity |
Meaning | The act of containing; keeping something from spreading. | |
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Narrower | ring containment | A strategy of defense in cases of bioterrorism |
Broader | restraint | The act of controlling by restraining someone or something |
Spanish | contención | |
Catalan | contenció | |
Verbs | contain | hold back, as of a danger or an enemy |
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