containment

/kəntˈeɪnmənt/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. 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”
2. (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor
3. the act of containing; keeping something from spreading
   “the containment of the AIDS epidemic”

Words that rhyme with containment

• attainment
• arraignment
• entertainment
• infotainment