quarantine 1 of 2

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
Any livestock infected with new world screwworm are to be quarantined until all wounds heal, according to the UDSA. — Shiv Sudhakar, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026 The National Association of State Health Veterinarians says all unvaccinated dogs and cats exposed to a rabid animal need to be quarantined for four months and vaccinated one month before being released. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Noun
As pathologists themselves fell ill or took time away to quarantine, already thin ranks were stretched even further. — Gregory McDonald, STAT, 13 July 2026 There is already a quarantine in place in parts of more than a dozen Texas counties, and a number of states have also restricted livestock movement from the state. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 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
  • Most of its strongest thunderstorms remain confined to the southern half of the circulation, while dry air continues to disrupt development despite fuel from near-record warm Gulf water.
    — Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • Despite decades of research, terahertz systems have remained largely confined to laboratories because the equipment needed to generate, manipulate, and detect these signals is often bulky, expensive, and difficult to scale.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026
Definition of confine
Noun
  • Across society, loneliness and social isolation continue to rise.
    — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Irritability and low energy and a knife-sharp craving for isolation.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
Definition of isolation
Verb
  • Less than two weeks after Johnson County Sheriff Adam King’s trial on a witness retaliation charge ended in a hung jury, King’s former chief deputy has filed a petition to remove him from office.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026
  • Soon afterward, however, child welfare authorities removed the children from her home after concerns about their living situation.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Definition of remove
Noun
  • When Johnson launched Johnson Products in 1954, Black businesses faced segregation and exclusion.
    — Deloris Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
  • DeVriese-Sebilla said those attitudes had lasting consequences for Argentine, describing housing segregation as one of the community’s greatest historical challenges.
    — Michelle Oliva-Espinosa, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
Definition of segregation
Verb
  • Japan’s government separated the two traditions of Shinto and Buddhism in 1868 during the Meiji era, effectively bringing Shinto shrines under state control and placing the emperor at the center of the new order.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
  • Knowing their days of bloodline privilege are numbered, the German and the French aristocrat bond, their class affinities binding them more tightly than the uniforms that separate them.
    — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026
Definition of separate
Noun
  • The Ohio Fire, which also started Saturday in Blaine County, is approximately 500 acres with 0% containment, according to Watch Duty.
    — Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 19 July 2026
  • Balancing irregular propulsion demands This reduces the risk of sudden pressure drops or containment stress.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
Definition of containment
Verb
  • Hospitals there were overwhelmed, and many families lacked running water or space to isolate sick relatives.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 July 2026
  • Instead, isolate it in a separate room—or at least several feet away from other plants—for two to four weeks.
    — Colleen Sullivan, Martha Stewart, 21 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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