containment

nouns

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"

containment

is derived from

is a type of (narrower)

a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group

"it was a policy of retribution"; "a politician keeps changing his policies"

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

containment

domain category

the science of matter and energy and their interactions

"his favorite subject was physics"

is a type of (narrower)

instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity

"he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer"

the act of containing; keeping something from spreading

"the containment of the AIDS epidemic"; "the containment of the rebellion"

containment

is derived from

is a type of (narrower)

the act of controlling by restraining someone or something

"the unlawful restraint of trade"