containment
1. [ noun ] (military) the act of containing
Examples:

"the army was charged with the containment of the rebel forces"

Related terms: restraint
2. [ noun ] (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor
Related terms: system physics
3. [ noun ] 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
Examples:

"containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947

Related terms: policy check
4. [ noun ] (military) the act of containing something or someone; keeping it from spreading
Examples:

"the army was charged with the containment of the rebel forces"

Related terms: restraint inclusion ring_containment military
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