in quarantine
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5.8
- idiom
- Specialized
:
en cuarentena
- The email is in quarantine.
Examples
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The admin reviewed files currently in quarantine and decided which could be safely restored.
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Make sure to keep files in quarantine.
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Suspicious email attachments are kept in quarantine until the security team completes a scan.
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After detection, the antivirus placed the malicious executable in quarantine rather than deleting it.
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The suspicious email was placed in quarantine to prevent any potential malware infection.
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After detecting a virus, the system automatically put the file in quarantine for safety.
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To avoid risking the network's security, the software was kept in quarantine until further analysis.
Synonyms
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3.8
Kept apart from others to stop a disease from spreading
Kept apart from other files to stop a virus spreading
Antonyms
How Isolated
Surface Forms
Morphology
in + quarantine
The phrase 'in quarantine' combines the preposition 'in' (inside a state) with 'quarantine' (enforced isolation), so a learner who knows both words can infer it means being placed in isolation. Although the computing sense (isolating files/emails to stop malware) is a domain extension, this is a straightforward metaphorical transfer found across languages, so the general meaning is transparently derivable.
Etymology
The computing use of in quarantine borrows the same image: like a sick person kept alone, a suspicious file is kept by itself so it cannot spread harm. That's why a file 'in quarantine' is 'blocked and kept separate from the rest of the system'.