David Gyasi
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- 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 meaning: 1. the act of controlling or limiting something or someone harmful: 2. an attempt to keep another…. Learn more.
containment, strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States beginning in the late 1940s in order to check the expansionist policy of the Soviet Union.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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.
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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Containment is a way to keep something bad from spreading. If you get chicken pox, you won't be allowed back in school until you're not contagious anymore. Your school's aiming for containment of the disease by keeping you away from everyone else. Containment is also a foreign policy strategy.
