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

For a happy medium between the specialized sleeve and risking your favorite sweater for the flight, slide the bottle into a thick sock, wrap it, then quarantine the bundle in a zip-top bag to contain leaks. — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 July 2026 Seven American aid workers who had been working in Congo to stop the outbreak are currently quarantining in a facility in Kenya. — Reuters, NBC news, 19 July 2026

Noun

More than 200 boat passengers were placed in quarantine on Thursday in the port of Maluku, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Kinshasa, after one traveler who was previously aboard the boat died with symptoms matching the Ebola virus. — ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026 Unvaxxed players were subject to daily COVID testing, masking requirements, travel restrictions, quarantine following exposure, and additional limitations inside team facilities. — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for quarantine

Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarantine

Verb

Once confined to biotech labs and the disposable income of Silicon Valley billionaires, longevity is no longer a tech bro hobby and has become a consumer aspiration in its own right.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2026
Founded in the 8th century BCE, Rome was initially confined to the Tiber’s eastern shore.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of confine

Noun

But data shows a 95% reduction in loneliness and isolation, a 97% increase in health and wellness and an 80% increase in overall quality of life for older adults who use the technology.

— Jennifer Bisram, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Iran’s regime can withstand an American blockade for some time, but sustained isolation would steadily raise the economic and political cost of refusing an acceptable settlement.

— Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of isolation

Verb

Merck and Moderna have several large trials under way in non-small cell lung cancers that have been surgically removed.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Beyond removing the psychological and practical barrier of injections, oral formulations are not reliant on syringes or refrigeration and are cheaper to manufacture.

— Perdita Nouril, Vogue, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of remove

Noun

Playing for the Dodgers at Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field, Robinson effectively ended more than five decades of segregation in the sport.

— Riley Jones, Footwear News, 15 Aug. 2026
Rosenwald family resources helped provide the facilities that made possible the accomplishments of the Tuskegee airmen, and supported NAACP legal efforts that ultimately overturned school segregation.

— Harold Pollack, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of segregation

Verb

This caused the prehistoric Tethys Ocean, which once separated the supercontinents of Laurasia and Gondwana, to shrink.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Only once that foundation is in place does the more surprising part of Friedman's research become relevant—what separates teams that clear this bar from those that merely limp along.

— Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of separate

Noun

The Hawk Fire ballooned to cover more than 10,500 acres by late Saturday, with no containment reported, according to state fire officials.

— Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Irregular has argued that these cases should be distinguished from OpenAI’s sandbox escape, describing the Anthropic and Meta events as an evaluation-environment issue rather than a model breaking out of containment on its own.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of containment

Verb

That allows personnel to train against the physical aircraft, radio-frequency characteristics and flight behavior of DJI systems while attempting to isolate the drones from external data connections.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
In addition to being isolated by the river, Regio XIV was also beyond the pomerium, or religious boundary.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of isolate

Noun

The resort’s minimalist architecture and interiors create a sense of calm, while its quiet and seclusion offer their own form of relaxation.

— Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Every Year After takes place in the small community of Barry’s Bay, so the isolation of a lone cottage is replaced by the seclusion of a little village.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026

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