Containment
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of containing; keeping something from spreading
"The containment of the AIDS epidemic"
"The containment of the rebellion"
(2) (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor
(3) 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"
WiktionaryText
Noun
containment
- the act of containing or something contained
- 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
- a physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant.
- an inclusion