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containment
noun as in control
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noun as in restriction
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The UK, too, is now an active player in the containment mission.
Frieden, who weeks ago claimed the “window was closing” on Ebola containment efforts, reaffirmed the need for an urgent response.
If Obama spoke only of containment, John McCain might just have a stroke, and the Sunday shows would have to go off the air.
Kennan was the legendary Cold War strategist who authored the doctrine of containment.
Frieden emphasized that containment will require great care.
Apparently the top management of the joint used these cells for other things than mere containment of unruly prisoners.
For five decades, we have been successful in applying containment and deterrence in the Cold War.
He had been shaken and stirred of late out of all his self-containment; Prudence had heard many things from him.
Ironically, however, the time allocation strategy offered here supports the goal of cost containment.
And the attitude of the Cabinet since August 1914 had been marked by the utmost caution and self-containment.
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On this page you'll find 105 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to containment, such as: authority, curb, discipline, domination, force, and government.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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