containment

1. (uncountable)The state of being contained.

2. (countable, uncountable)The state of containing.

   Eindämmung

   the act of containing; keeping something from spreading

3. (countable, uncountable)A policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War.

   Eindämmungspolitik

   сде́рживаниеsdérživanije

   стри́муванняstrýmuvannja

   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

4. (countable)A physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant.

   Sicherheitsumschließung, Sicherheitsbehälter

   (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor

5. (countable)An inclusion.

6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Something contained.

1. The doctors reviewed their containment procedures.

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2. Dmitri took the zombie to a zombie containment room.

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3. The end of containment will be a relief for the whole world.

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4. Is containment really useful?

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5. Containment weighs us down.

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