containment
/kən'teɪnmənt/
noun
11 letters3 syllables15 points in Scrabble®20 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS3
NOUN
1
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”
2
(physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor.
3
The act of containing; keeping something from spreading.
“the containment of the AIDS epidemic”
“the containment of the rebellion”
WORD FORMS
Related formcontain
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®15 points
Words With Friends®20 points
Double word30 points
Triple word45 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinontainmentcay
Starts & ends withC … T
Syllablescon · tain · ment
SYNONYMS & RELATED1
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