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contained::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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the oil spill is contained.
Examples of contained
contained
The envelope contained a plastic bag of white powder and a reference to anthrax.
From the denverpost.com
Until recently, dishwashing soap contained about 8 percent elemental phosphorus.
From the tennessean.com
An article on Page A1 Monday contained incorrect information about Sandra Olsen.
From the kentucky.com
It contained what would become the famous 12 steps, along with personal stories.
From the time.com
All I could do now was investigate the tin box that contained her family papers.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The university college has just under 4,000 students on a self-contained campus.
From the telegraph.co.uk
They said that I had cancer but that I was OK now because it was self-contained.
From the independent.co.uk
It turned out the sample contained live H5N1, which Baxter uses to make vaccine.
From the newscientist.com
It contained not a pendulum but four spinning gyroscopes, cooled to almost zero.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- Incorporate: include or contain; have as a component; "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's"
- Hold: contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"
- Control: lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
- Be divisible by; "24 contains 6"
- Be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon"
- Check: hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
- Containment is a military strategy to stop the expansion of an enemy. It is best known as the Cold War policy of the United States and its allies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. A component of the Cold War, this policy was a response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to enlarge communist influence in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, Africa, and Vietnam...
- (Containment(RTS)) Containment, is a term used in real-time strategy's to describe the act of controlling an enemy player's advancement, while often expanding oneself.
- : To hold inside; : To include as a part; : To limit through restraint; To have as an element
