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 department did not say if the person infected is quarantined or how long they have been infected and will not provide any information on them to protect their privacy. — Michelle Richardson, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026 In theory, there’s still time to quarantine the plane upon landing. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026

Noun

The quartet would have been going into quarantine this past weekend had the issues with the spacecraft not arisen. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026 Love's petting zoo has been put on quarantine, health officials said. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for quarantine

Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarantine

Verb

We are steeped in relativism, as confined by our narratives as the murderers are confined by theirs.

— Robert Stone, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
The Allies, in turn, brought home methods of coercion that had previously been largely confined to their empires.

— Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of confine

Noun

Gentle exfoliation also helps other anti-aging products penetrate more effectively, so the spray isn’t just working in isolation.

— Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Sep. 2026
Dementia experts also advise getting enough sleep, avoiding social isolation, treating hearing loss and exercising your brain, not just your body.

— Lauran Neergaard, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of isolation

Verb

The reactor would produce substantial heat that engineers must remove from the vehicle.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
For instance, Microsoft has committed not to use sensitive data that many companies leverage, such as information about gender, race, age, ZIP code that can be used to identify a person even if their name is removed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of remove

Verb

Brad Pitt was separated from girlfriend Ines De Ramon during Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding.

— Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026
Ravel’s patent application describes cleaning and shredding incoming textiles, removing metal and other nontextile components and separating waste into broad material categories before purification.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of separate

Noun

Large volumes of hazardous material remain stored inside an aging containment repository that has functioned on-site since 1978.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
Firefighters held the blaze to 640 acres while working to strengthen containment lines in steep, rugged terrain.

— Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of containment

Verb

Its effects accumulate and are filtered through context and third-party interpretation, making its contribution harder to isolate.

— Julia Ruttner, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Rather than chart her full life, the Hindi-language film, starring Sneha Kumari in the title role, isolates a single 48-hour standoff in which 2,000 armed police and paramilitary personnel surrounded a village to capture her, then 17 years old.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of isolate

Noun

That sense of exclusivity and seclusion is visible from A1A, where a canopied two-lane road runs between the estate homes and beachside condominiums.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026
With just 112 luxury rooms and suites, the resort maintains an atmosphere of seclusion, calm, and understated exclusivity.

— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2026

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