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quarantine

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Synonyms: quarentine, quarantined, amarantine, quarantines, guaranine, quartine, quarantiner, quarante, quarentene

Antonyms: quarentine, quarantined, amarantine, quarantines, guaranine, quartine, quarantiner, quarante, quarentene

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

  1. A [[period]] of 40 [[day]]s, [[particularly]]
  2. A [[period]], [[instance]], or [[state]] of [[isolation]] from the [[general public]] or from [[native]] [[livestock]] and [[flora]] [[enact]]ed to [[prevent]] the [[spread]] of [[any]] [[contagious]] [[disease]].
  3. {{lb|en|figurative}} A [[similar]] [[period]], [[instance]], or [[state]] of [[rigidly]] [[enforced]] or [[self-]][[enforced]] [[detention]] or [[isolation]].
  4. A [[place]] where [[such]] [[isolation]] is [[enforced]], a [[lazaret]].
  5. {{lb|en|colloquial}} A period of time where people are not allowed to leave their homes to contain the spread of an [[infectious disease]].
  6. {{lb|en|politics|figurative}} A [[blockade]] of [[trade]], [[suspension]] of [[diplomatic relations]], or [[other]] [[action]] [[whereby]] [[one]] [[country]] [[seek]]s to [[isolate]] [[another]].
  7. {{lb|en|computing|figurative}} An isolation of one program, drive, computer, etc. from the rest of a computer network to limit the damage from a [[bug]], [[computer virus]], etc.
  8. {{lb|en|computing|figurative}} The program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated.

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[place]] into [[isolation]] to [[prevent]] the [[spread]] of [[any]] [[contagious]] [[disease]].
  2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[enter]] or [[stay]] in [[#Noun|quarantine]], [[particularly]] to [[self-quarantine]] to [[avoid]] an [[epidemic]] [[disease]].
  3. {{lb|en|intransitive|obsolete}} To [[impose]] a [[#Noun|quarantine]], to [[establish]] [[#Noun|quarantine]] [[regulation]]s.
  4. {{lb|en|figurative|transitive}} {{synonym of|en|isolate}} ''[[more]] [[generally]]''.
  5. {{lb|en|figurative|transitive}} {{synonym of|en|restrict}}.

Proper noun

  1. {{lb|en|Christianity|obsolete}} {{alternative case form of|en|Quarantine}}: the [[Mount of Temptation]] [[where]] [[Jesus Christ]] [[supposedly]] [[fast]]ed for 40 [[day]]s, [[Jebel Quruntul]] [[near]] [[Jericho]].

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