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1. containment (Noun)

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containment (Noun) —   A policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power, ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully 1 example
1. ex. "containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975"
containment (Noun) —   (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor
containment (Noun) —   The act of containing; keeping something from spreading 2 examples
1. ex. "the containment of the AIDS epidemic"
2. ex. "the containment of the rebellion"
3 types of
# Word Number of letters Number of synonyms
1. policy 6 letters 21 synonym
2. restraint 9 letters 94 synonyms
3. system 6 letters 68 synonyms
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# Word Number of letters Number of synonyms
1. ring containment 15 letters 0 synonyms
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