containment
NOUN
/kən'teɪnmənt/
11 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH C
containment is a valid 11-letter word worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
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C3O1N1T1A1I1N1M3E1N1T1
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 =15 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 30TRIPLE WORD → 45
MEANING
What does containment mean?
NOUN · 3 SENSES
1
A policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully.
“containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975”
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(physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor.
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3
The act of containing; keeping something from spreading.
“the containment of the AIDS epidemic”
“the containment of the rebellion”
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