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quarantine

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of quarantine

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.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of quarantine

confine, immure, incarcerate, intern, jail, lock (up), restrain, restrict

cut off, insulate, isolate, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester

abstract, detach, disengage, remove

detain, hold, keep

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of quarantine

assimilate, associate, connect, join, link, unite

discharge, free, liberate, loose, release

desegregate, integrate, reintegrate

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