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
Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 11 July 2025
Your generation has been confined from quarantine and by the glare of your screens as a pandemic exposed the cracks in our society.
—F. Willis Johnson, Twin Cities, 10 July 2025
Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Bitdefender quarantined 82% of the Windows samples, for the win.
—Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 June 2025
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Verb
If the owner declines, the animal needs an immediate vaccination and must go through a four to six-month quarantine period.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 11 July 2025
Your generation has been confined from quarantine and by the glare of your screens as a pandemic exposed the cracks in our society.
—F. Willis Johnson, Twin Cities, 10 July 2025
Noun
The second area quarantined 110 poultry in Greene County, which borders Dayton.
—Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Bitdefender quarantined 82% of the Windows samples, for the win.
—Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarantine
Verb
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Instead, violence that had mostly been confined to the northeast spread.—
Benjamin Ezeamalu,
USA Today,
14 July 2025
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In one study, researchers induced postnatal stress in a mouse (confining her, forcing her to swim) and separated her from her pups at unpredictable intervals.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
Noun
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However, what began as a fair living situation has spiraled into passive-aggressive whispers and feelings of isolation.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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The horizon is ever-present, either as a forbidding blankness or a flat, shimmering cityscape that reinforces the characters’ growing isolation.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
1 Aug. 2025
Verb
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One of the first things the trust did was remove the plants.—
Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
1 Aug. 2025
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That can also help remove some of the fear around layoffs.—
Winnie Sun,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Roy’s Taxi Entrepreneurial opportunities for providing private transportation services in Austin have been shaped largely by segregation, regulation and innovation.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
29 July 2025
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The problems to surmount were structural: deindustrialization, entrenched segregation, economic marginalization—conditions shaped by Jim Crow, but not undone by its eclipse.—
Idrees Kahloon,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
Verb
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The nights following each new moon phase will see the line separating night from day on the lunar surface creep inexorably westward.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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What separates book club and your memories of school reading class is that it’s supposed to be fun.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
2 Aug. 2025
Noun
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At this time, there is no information on the containment of the fire and the cause of it remains undetermined.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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As of July 31st, a red flag warning was in effect for central and southern Utah as a result on ongoing low humidity and breezy weather, which can interfere with containment efforts.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The church's chef, Odeh, gave a small speech, telling students this community is an act of defiance in itself for all those who want to separate and isolate the others.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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In response, the city's IT systems were shut down on July 28 to isolate the city's infrastructure from potential damage, according to Mayor Melvin Carter.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
30 July 2025
Noun
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While a lot has changed over the 249 years since those men emerged from their sweaty seclusion, one thing hasn't: Philadelphia is still hot and steamy at the height of summer.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
4 July 2025
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In the 1980s, Stone largely slipped into seclusion, with sporadic public appearances.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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“Quarantine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarantine. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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