David Gyasi
Lex
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Episode Guide
- 1. Pilot Apr 19, 2016
- An urban quarantine is enforced in Atlanta after a deadly outbreak of a mysterious disease.
- 2. I to Die, You to Live Apr 26, 2016
- Lex learns that a woman who had contact with an infected patient is gone; Jake's resentment grows.
- 3. Be Angry at the Sun May 3, 2016
- Controversial videos depicting chaos inside the cordon prompt Lex to request reinforcements.
1. : the act, process, or means of keeping something within limits. the containment of health costs. 2. : the policy, process, or result of preventing the expansion of a hostile power or ideology.
CONTAINMENT definition: 1. the act of controlling or limiting something or someone harmful: 2. an attempt to keep another…. Learn more.
Containment was a geopolitical strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States during the Cold War to prevent the spread of communism after the end of World War II. The name was loosely related to the term cordon sanitaire, which was containment of the Soviet Union in the interwar period.
noun. the act or condition of containing, esp of restraining the ideological or political power of a hostile country or the operations of a hostile military force. (from 1947 to the mid-1970s) a principle of US foreign policy that sought to prevent the expansion of Communist power.
Synonyms for CONTAINMENT: isolation, segregation, restraint, constraint, confinement, restriction, limitation, circumscription, stint, rein.
The containment of something dangerous or unpleasant is the act or process of keeping it under control within a particular area or place. Fire crews are hoping they can achieve full containment of the fire before the winds pick up.
Definition of containment noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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