containment
/K AH0 N T EY1 N M AH0 N T/noun
- 1
The state of being contained.
- 2
The state of containing.
- 3
Something contained.
- 4
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.
- 5
A physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant.
- 6
An inclusion
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