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

Any plant with an obvious infestation should be treated and quarantined rather than placed alongside your healthy houseplants. — Rachel Gillett, Martha Stewart, 25 Aug. 2026 But as the timeline would foreshadow, the COVID-19 pandemic began shortly after, and the two made the decision to quarantine together. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

Noun

In 2020, amid the COVID quarantine and the absence of sports, the elder Gauff was inspired by watching The Last Dance, an eight-part docuseries that chronicled Michael Jordan’s legendary career. — Justin Birnbaum, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026 For now, the next few weeks are a waiting game as the little girl remains in quarantine. — Mamie Bah, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for quarantine

Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarantine

Verb

By then, Demna’s cast of characters didn’t feel confined to the runway anymore.

— Lucrezia Malavolta, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2026
The researchers studied electrons confined to a 70-nanometer-wide layer of gallium arsenide.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of confine

Noun

These differences have made the apple maggot an important model for studies of host specificity and the possibility of speciation (the evolution of new species) without geographic isolation.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026
Arguing that decades of isolation violated Pike's constitutional rights, the lawsuit ended in a settlement with the state in 2024 that granted her more opportunities to interact with other inmates.

— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of isolation

Verb

Doctors also discovered, and removed, excess tissue in her uterus called a uterine septum.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2026
Kehinde Wiley has offered to buy back his painting that was removed from the US Embassy in the Dominican Republic, reports the New York Times.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of remove

Noun

Previously, Electrek reported that Black Tesla workers at the facility were subjected to racial prejudice by way of wage discrimination, segregation, and racial slurs.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 24 Sep. 2026
In response to racial segregation in the 1950s and ’60s, Atlanta Public Schools introduced the Majority-to-Minority, or M-to-M, transfer program.

— Amari Brown, AJC.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of segregation

Verb

This is to say that the deep structure of Shift cannot be separated from the implications of permanent decline.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Top Republican lawmakers oppose the measure, claiming that separating the two votes would allow political insiders to gain leverage in the race to replace the seat.

— Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of separate

Noun

Or the borrowing rush to build AI is an early outbreak of a credit contagion of the sort that broke containment in 2008.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
As of late Sunday, the Dome Fire was at 3,042 acres and 15% containment at the southern end of the park near Wawona.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of containment

Verb

The death toll has sparked widespread condemnation from global leaders and from human rights organizations, causing Israel to become increasingly isolated on the international stage.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
This entails limiting permissions, isolating sensitive systems, monitoring actions and maintaining controls outside the model itself.

— Peter Garraghan, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of isolate

Noun

What singles out Treville is its immense beauty and seclusion, despite Positano being only a couple of hairpin bends away.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
The seller described the property as a compromise-free version of city living and rural seclusion.

— David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026

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