Meaning & use
Containment
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The action of keeping something harmful or undesirable within limits, preventing it from spreading.
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Firefighters worked through the night on containment of the wildfire.
The Cold War strategy of containment aimed to stop the spread of communism.
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Became a major term in 20th-century U.S. foreign policy, describing the strategy of preventing the spread of Soviet influence.
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