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verb

Definition of quarantinenext
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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quarantine

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noun

as in isolation

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Recent Examples of quarantine
Verb
Four days into the seven-day cruise, my wife came down with Type A flu and was quarantined in our small, windowless cabin. — Josh Rivera, USA Today, 19 July 2026 Before all that, they were quarantined and given medical exams to establish baseline physical health. — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2026
Noun
On this day in 1377, the lawmakers there instituted the first quarantine in the world. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026 Those last forty days my father was alive was its own quarantine—the literal meaning of the word, after all, is forty days—often the forty days of mourning after a death, or rest after a birth. — Literary Hub, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for quarantine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarantine
  1. confine
  2. isolation
  3. remove
  4. segregation
  5. separate
  6. containment
  7. isolate
  8. seclusion
Verb
  • But Swoopes also believes the conversation cannot be confined to women.
    — Dominique Fluker, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • While school traffic is largely confined to non-freeways, interstate traffic does impact the school commute.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of confine
Noun
  • Malware installed on a device running macOS, iOS, and Android, for instance, has no ability to defeat this isolation unless the OS itself is compromised through some sort of exotic zero-day exploit.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Populations in the Eastern Pacific, Western Atlantic, Eastern Atlantic, and Indo-West Pacific each carried unique genetic signatures, reflecting long periods of genetic isolation.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of isolation
Verb
  • When the researchers removed the neurons, the heart stopped functioning completely.
    — Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The measure effectively cut off government funding for shrines and removed Shinto practices and teachings from public institutions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of remove
Noun
  • Many of the march’s leaders and participants were later imprisoned in the Women’s Jail, where activists were held separately according to their race, as apartheid enforced segregation everywhere in South Africa.
    — Michelle Gumede, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The history of redlining, segregation and the lack of generational wealth shows how decisions made by the founding fathers created the landscape that exists for Black people in present day.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of segregation
Verb
  • For the first time, two worlds—once separated—are coming face to face, not through screams, but through laughter.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The couple separated in 1981, and their divorce was finalized in 1983.
    — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of separate
Noun
  • The Timber Fire in California's Big Sur continued to grow Thursday, surpassing 4,000 acres as crews worked overnight to increase containment, helped by weather conditions.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The remote area lacks infrastructure, making the salvage and containment more challenging and requiring more safety measures, Keskes said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of containment
Verb
  • Rice University researchers have found a way to isolate a single magnetic domain in manganese telluride, giving them a clearer view of its magnetic structure and a new way to control an electrical effect in the material.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Some of them, like Kirwin—a former gold and silver boomtown deep in the Absaroka Mountains—are impossibly isolated, accessible only by ATV.
    — Téa Obreht, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of isolate
Noun
  • Sovena Jani Dive Into the Maldives No matter which of the three Soneva resorts guests choose to explore in the Maldives—Soneva Fushi, Soneva Jani or Soneva Secret—they will be escorted to the edge of seclusion.
    — Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • An outdoor water feature, al fresco dining area, and fire pit complete the property, which, despite its seclusion, is conveniently located near Park City’s Main Street and the area’s ski resorts.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2026
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