QUARANTINE Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

Definition of quarantine

as in to confine

to keep (a person or animal) away from others to prevent a disease from spreading The hospital quarantined the infected patients. The dog was immediately quarantined.

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Recent Examples of quarantine

Verb

Spanish citizens will be quarantined, and people from other countries will be sent home. — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 Here's a look at where Texas cases stand as state and federal officials have quarantined 21 counties to prevent the spread of the screwworm. — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 1 July 2026

Noun

According to the police statement, the owners will still have the opportunity to request a court hearing following the investigation, which includes a 10-day quarantine period for the dogs. — Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026 In March, a quarantine was placed over La Mesa after multiple Mexican fruit flies were found. — Kori McNair, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for quarantine

Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarantine

Verb

For a blissful minute, the miracle of infinite connection was confined to home offices; thanks to high costs and poor coverage, cell phones were a slow-grower in the West.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
But why should all the players be confined to Plaschke’s view of politics?

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

Definition of confine

Noun

The all-new Tokyo Design Studio Niobium Concept 1 (TDS MSNB1) was born from that same style of category-decimating experimentation back in the days of isolation and face masks.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 July 2026
When selecting an innerspring mattress, look for pocketed coils, which move independently to improve motion isolation.

— Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 14 July 2026

Definition of isolation

Verb

The directives also require the companies to remove, within 45 days, the millions of pounds of rotting food inside the warehouse.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
To manage operational heat, the hardware uses a thermal strategy that entirely removes mechanical components like fans or liquid pumps.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026

Definition of remove

Noun

His speech was part of a campaign to fight housing segregation in Chicago.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Spending limits, segregation of duties, approval thresholds and mandatory human checkpoints—these have to be built into the system so the agent can't route around them.

— Rahul Bhatia, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of segregation

Verb

There will be two 15-minute periods (plus stoppage time) separated by a short break.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 July 2026
Families torn apart The disaster has led to a particularly complex situation for those children who were separated from parents whose fate remains unclear.

— Osmary Hernández, CNN Money, 11 July 2026

Definition of separate

Noun

With the eyes of the world on the pitch, footie fanfiction has finally broken containment, spilling over from its usual platforms.

— Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2026
Governance must shift from preventative compliance (trying to write rules for every scenario) to real-time resilience and containment.

— Anjana Susarla, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026

Definition of containment

Verb

Victims of this manipulation scheme, Nathan and Aesha conspire to impose on the dinner’s seating arrangements in such a way that Luke is sitting next to Joy, and Gen is isolated at the end of the table.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 July 2026
Words of Advice Feeling isolated after welcoming a baby is more common than many parents realize.

— Isabel Lopez, Parents, 14 July 2026

Definition of isolate

Noun

Plus, its elevated location lends an air of seclusion and delivers panoramic views of Pollonia.

— Helen Iatrou, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2026
Harbour Island is known for its pink-sand beaches, luxury estates and relative seclusion compared with many other Caribbean destinations.

— Bryan West, USA Today, 7 July 2026

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