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quarantine

quarantine

82 5.3
A time when people or animals stay apart to stop a disease spreading
  • noun
  • /ˈkwɔrənˌtiːn/
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  • During the outbreak, the government declared a strict quarantine for anyone who had been exposed to the virus.
  • a quarantine facility
  • quarantine and isolation
  • quarantine zone

Everyone got so bored during quarantine they actually did their taxes.

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Examples

  • Defense Secretary Robert McNamara has announced that the quarantine zone has been moved from 800 to 500 miles.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • I think we should consider moving the quarantine line back to 500 miles.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Ooh, you know, they have quarantine laws here.

    Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)

  • In 30 days, the city of New York will be a quarantine zone.

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

  • Today, Los Angeles opened its first quarantine zone.

    Songbird (2020)

  • Maybe I should put him in quarantine.

    Day of the Dead (1985)

  • The lack of effective treatment made prevention measures like vaccination and quarantine all the more important.

    Academic text (2013)

  • The flies, native to Mexico, triggered a quarantine in part of Texas as recently as this year.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Outside the quarantine zone, a new airborne pathogen has killed 27 people.

    V for Vendetta (2006)

  • This is a precautionary quarantine... due to a potential biological hazard.

    The Blob (1988)

Antonyms

freedom
489 1.1

Not having to do something a rule requires

Idioms

in quarantine
9 4.1

Kept away from other people to stop disease spreading

in quarantine
  • Specialized
1 5.8

A file or program kept apart so it cannot run and harm the computer

How Isolated

quarantine
82 5.3
lockdown
112 4.2
isolation
172 3.7

Surface Forms

quarantine singular
quarantines plural

Etymology

Quarantine comes from the old Italian word quaranta, which means 'forty'. Ships once had to wait 'forty days' before coming ashore to be sure no one was sick, so a quarantine is a required time of being apart to stop the spread of disease.