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
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containment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | policy |
| Derivation | contain |
containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975.
containment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | system |
containment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | restraint |
| Has types | ring containment |
| Derivation | contain |
the containment of the AIDS epidemic.
the containment of the rebellion.
Examples of containment
containment
Unlike the Fukushima reactors, the Ukrainian plant had no containment structure.
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Containment may turn out to be the West's most palatable policy option in Libya.
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Analyze reports and data to identify revenue and cost containment opportunities.
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Containment is a last resort, to be used only if Iran develops a nuclear weapon.
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Several times he broke containment against the right side of UW's coverage unit.
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Now a containment dome with a rubber seal will be lowered over the severed pipe.
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All these flimsy little containment collars I've seen floating about are a joke.
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This hierarchy of approvals remained in place throughout the containment effort.
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However, they uses containment rather than adjacency to represent the hierarchy.
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- 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; "containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975"
- (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor
- The act of containing; keeping something from spreading; "the containment of the AIDS epidemic"; "the containment of the rebellion"
- 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, is a term used in real-time strategy's to describe the act of controlling an enemy player's advancement, while often expanding oneself.
- Description: Containment means the prevention of the spread of organisms outside the facilities which may be achieved by physical containment (the use of good work practices, equipment and installation design) and/or biological containment (the use of organisms which have reduced ability to ...
- Containment means restricting an organism or substance to a secure location or facility to prevent escape; and includes, in respect of genetically modified organisms, field testing and large scale fermentation.
- Stopping the migration of solid or liquid, polluted substances out of a particular area using a boom.
- Means a process to protect workers and the environment by controlling exposure to the lead-contaminated dust and debris created during an abatement project.
