containment
/kənˈteɪnm(ə)nt
/noun [mass noun]
1The action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits: the containment of the AIDS epidemic...
- And she hopes to see a move toward closed containment within the next three to five years.
- The wall, in conjunction with the low-permeability formation, provides containment of the material within the wall.
- Risk containment and control can be achieved when people are allowed to learn from past errors.
1.1The action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence: a policy of containment and negotiation was the appropriate course of action...
- It's time for a policy of containment, which I hereby revise to include a blockade.
- A policy of containment and deterrence has worked up until now.
- They've had no new weapons system for a decade due to the policy of containment.