Definitions For Containment

noun

  • The act of containing; keeping something from spreading
  • (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor
  • 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
  • The act of preventing the spread of something
  • Actions that are intended to keep an unfriendly government from getting more power

Is Containment a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
15
Words with Friends
20

The word Containment is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Containment in a Sentence

  • The company's hazardous waste containment plan is being reviewed.
  • The government needs to adopt a containment strategy.

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