DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
containment
/kən'teɪnmənt/ · kənteɪnmənt
Containment has 3 syllables: con · tain · ment.
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noun. 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.
noun. (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor.
noun. The act of containing; keeping something from spreading.
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