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

The World Health Organization didn’t immediately respond Monday to questions about the status of all the other people who had to quarantine around the globe. — Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026 During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the pair also quarantined together with their adult children. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 21 June 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

So far, the Democratic Socialists of America’s success has been confined in large part to deep-blue city districts.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
History buffs will note that the home was used to confine British General Richard Prescott and loyalist New Jersey Governor William Franklin, son of Benjamin Franklin, during the Revolutionary War.

— James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026

Definition of confine

Noun

The robots move totes filled with products from order-picking areas to conveyors and have been working in isolation without human workers in their immediate vicinity.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026
Gunville launched Champera and its flagship program, Football Fluency Method, to cure the social isolation that often accompanies burnout.

— Ginger Gentile, Forbes.com, 7 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

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

According to the researchers, toe-grip training may improve cognition by challenging you to consciously grip a part of the body that’s not routinely isolated or used.

— Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 7 July 2026
Syria was for years politically and economically isolated due to sweeping concerns about its leadership, in part for committing atrocities against its own civilians.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 7 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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