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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. First suggested by the U.S. diplomat George F. Kennan, the policy was implemented in the Truman Doctrine (1947) and the Eisenhower Doctrine (1957).
an act or policy of limiting the expansion or spread of a natural disaster, contagious disease, or other dangerous thing: Local farmers notified authorities of sick and dying birds more quickly than the previous year, ensuring quick containment of infection on the farm.
1. : the act of preventing the spread of something. The company's hazardous waste containment plan is being reviewed. trying to achieve cost containment [=trying to prevent costs from becoming too high] 2. : actions that are intended to keep an unfriendly government from getting more power.
Definition of containment noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1 day ago · 1. uncountable noun. Containment is the action or policy of keeping another country's power or area of control within acceptable limits or boundaries . 2. uncountable noun. The containment of something dangerous or unpleasant is the act or process of keeping it under control within a particular area or place.
