containment

Noun

Meaning

That which is contained; the extent; the substance.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

management restriction custody confinement detention restraint quarantine lima control government force rule contain prevention bridle
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Antonyms

alternative appearance expression exception aspect feeling
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Hypernyms

system policy restraint

Hyponyms

ring containment

Phrases with the word

break containment cat containment containment ring containment area containment wall containment walls

Examples

It was one thing to contain the Soviet Union in Europe because Britain, France, and Germany were all willing to join in. But will Japan and other Asian countries be willing to join in the containment of China? Samuel P. Huntington

God has fallen out of containment in religion and into human hearts-God is incarnating. Our whole unconscious is in an uproar from the God Who wants to know and to be known. Carl Jung

Why shouldn't rap be esoteric, able to take in current events, history and criticism? I guess it's this old idea of containment - that rappers, because they're black, can't and shouldn't aspire to look outside the ghetto for influence. Saul Williams

Where health care has failed is in designing a cost containment mechanism that works. Peter Shumlin

Truman is now seen as a near-great president because he put in place the containment doctrine boosted by the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan and NATO, which historians now see as having been at the center of American success in the cold war. Robert Dallek

the containment of the AIDS epidemic Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

containing water of crystallisation containing wax containing willows containment area containment boom containment breach