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 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 Third, the hantavirus outbreak is considered contained, unlike the early spread of COVID; the people most at risk of hantavirus are quarantining and being monitored. — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 15 May 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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Water filtration is an easy option for backpackers but is less effective at removing viruses.

— Elaine Reno, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2026
The real frontier is removing the human latency between seeing a problem and solving it, and that’s exactly what agentic AI can help make possible.

— Devendra Rajput, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of removing

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Musk married Justine in 2000, and the couple had six children together before separating in 2008.

— Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2026
Their relationship is tested by family pressure, class differences and the economic and cultural realities separating their lives in France and India.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

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Frustrated with the confining nature of Japanese society, Kusama left for New York in 1957.

— Kaori Kaneko, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
With Rear Window, Hitchcock and his collaborators miraculously craft an exhilarating, satisfying mystery-thriller while confining the protagonist to a single location.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of confining

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Israel hit back at the UK for leading a twelve-country alliance that is restricting trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank, a grouping that showcases the growing closeness between Europe and Canada.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
So far, however, Canadian leaders have ruled out using some of that leverage by taxing or restricting critical exports.

— Rob Gillies, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of restricting

Verb

Video from Citizen App showed another person trying to keep the pit bull away and then a police officer restraining the dog with a snare pole, leading it away as first responders attended to the victim.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
Appropriately so, given the placid recent range and the clockwork mechanics of sector rotation and low-correlation restraining index-level volatility.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of restraining

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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
New York assemblywoman Emily Gallagher, a democratic socialist, spoke at a rally on Thursday protesting against jailing people who steal items, such as personal care products, as a result of living in poverty.

— Emily Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026

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