containment

noun

the act of containing

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

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

Roots

teneotain- · Latin · hold

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