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quarantine

Definition

  • noun: the period of time during which a person or animal that has a disease or that might have a disease is kept away from others to prevent the disease from spreading
  • noun: a period of 40 days
  • verb: to keep (a person or animal) away from others to prevent a disease from spreading
  • verb: to detain in or exclude by quarantine
  • synonyms: isolate

Examples

  • The cows will be kept/held 'in quarantine' for another week.

  • The hospital 'quarantined' the infected patients.

  • The infected people were put into 'quarantine'.

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