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Containment   /kəntˈeɪnmənt/   Listen
Containment

noun
1.
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.
2.
(physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor.
3.
The act of containing; keeping something from spreading.  "The containment of the rebellion"



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