Definition of containment
English to English 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
Containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975.
source: WordNet 3.0 - (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor
source: WordNet 3.0 - the act of containing; keeping something from spreading
The containment of the AIDS epidemic.
The containment of the rebellion.
source: WordNet 3.0 - That which is contained; the extent; the substance.
source: Webster 1913
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