Meaning & use
quarantine
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A period or state of isolation imposed on people, animals, or goods to prevent the spread of disease.
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The travelers were placed in quarantine for two weeks after arriving from an affected region.
Officials quarantined the shipment until it could be inspected for pests.
A note on using this word
Can be used as both a noun and a verb; comes from the Italian for "forty days," the historical length of isolation for ships suspected of carrying plague.
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