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quarantines

verb , present tense third-person singular of quarantine

Synonyms and Antonyms of quarantines

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 quarantines

confines, immures, incarcerates, interns, jails, locks (up), restrains, restricts

cuts off, insulates, isolates, secludes, segregates, separates, sequesters

abstracts, detaches, disengages, removes

detains, holds, keeps

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of quarantines

assimilates, associates, connects, joins, links, unites

discharges, frees, liberates, looses, releases

desegregates, integrates, reintegrates

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