QUARANTINING Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

quarantining

verb

present participle of quarantine

as in removing

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 quarantining Sofia and Eleanor Coppola began working on the commemorative documentary together while quarantining together during 2020’s COVID-19 pandemic, with Sofia ultimately finishing the film following her mother’s death. — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026 Some experts advise vacuuming, steaming or heating furniture, and quarantining it in a garage or storage unit for a few days before bringing it inside the house. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 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 Defender normally places hard limits on how big a file can be written to disk when scanning and quarantining a machine. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026 Raff said that the odds are low the screwworm will end up in North Carolina, but monitoring and quarantining infected animals is essential to stop a spread. — Eva Flowe june 12, Charlotte Observer, 12 June 2026 For now, officials will be relying on restricting imports of livestock from infested areas and quarantining cattle. — Judy Stone, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 The passengers had been quarantining in Nebraska since leaving the ship May 10. — Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 2 June 2026 In the coming days, some may be able to continue quarantining at home, according to Fitter. — Pien Huang, NPR, 15 May 2026

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Verb

That equates to removing the electricity demand of roughly 50,000 window air conditioners from the grid or powering approximately 34,000 households for four hours each day during peak demand.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Before applying the mulch, Singh advises removing any handles, tape, staples, or labels from the paper bags.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of removing

Verb

Paul Turner of Birmingham is separating himself from all City Section receivers with his big-play catching ability.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
France is a traditionally Catholic country, but adheres to a strict form of secularism in public life based on a 1905 law separating church and state.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of separating

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If youth teams practiced like the pros, confining full contact to once a week, impacts could fall by more than half, Daneshvar says.

— Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026
In December 2025, non-profit Amnesty International wrote in a report that confining men in small cages exposed to the elements could constitute torture under international law.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of confining

Verb

Researchers at a lab at the University of Illinois Chicago have been testing the water for the event for safety, including filtering concentrated bacteria, isolating the DNA, then amplifying it to measure how much is in the water.

— Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026
Test sober meet-ups without isolating attendees and make sure campaign imagery sells the experience, not the drinking.

— Sunita Dhaliwal, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of isolating

Verb

Since then, according to Jonathan Friedman, who serves as the director of PEN America’s free-expression program, few schools have gone further than Texas Tech in restricting speech and academic freedom on campus.

— Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Compression, either by WRAP devices or many officers piling on to someone restricting air flow, are the most common police deaths after shootings, Obayashi said.

— Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of restricting

Verb

The incident Sunday involved the top fashion executive forcibly restraining two employees of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and putting his hands over their mouths at the runway show for Cos, a brand owned by H&M.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
Shortages of skilled labor are restraining production in defense firms and across the economy, compounded by the emigration of several hundred thousand mostly younger people due to fears of conscription and political repression.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of restraining

Verb

Titcomb said that flexibility could allow garment factories to send polyester-elastane cutting scraps together rather than segregating each composition as production lines change.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
One example of this would be segregating cash into envelopes labeled for different purposes.

— Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 7 July 2026

Definition of segregating

Verb

His mass roundups virtually eliminated violent crime in his country, by jailing more than 90,000 people suspected of gang ties, many without due process.

— Will Freeman, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026
BigXthaPlug's Grandstand show at the Iowa State Fair went on despite his arrest and jailing in Texas.

— Courtney Crowder, Des Moines Register, 22 Aug. 2026

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