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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'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) a direct order, remember? Ash, when Dallas and Kane are off the ship... I'm senior officer. You also forgot the science division's basic quarantine law. - No, that I didn't forget. - Oh, I see. You just broke it. Huh? Look, what would you (..)
    1979 Alien
  • (..) - What kind of thing? - I need a clear definition. - An organism. Open the hatch. Wait a minute. If we let it in, the ship could be infected. You know the quarantine procedure... hours for decontamination. He could die in hours. Open the hatch. Listen to me. If we break quarantine, (..)
    1979 Alien