to quarantine

Examples

• All

• Well, the CDC came in and said, wait, we only need to quarantine for seven days now.

• And then I had to quarantine for about two weeks.

• So in throughout human history, you quarantine sick people, not well people.

• Are we going to quarantine the country?

  School's Out Forever (2021)

• So we have to quarantine him right away.

  Dawn of the Dead (2004)

• OK, granted, if you quarantine everybody, it works out a lot better.

  FLAGRANT

• Remember, testing helps people quarantine and helps us track where outbreaks are.

• If any of these results were positive, all passengers on the same flight were quarantined.

  Academic text (2013)

• As a temporary measure, several hundred animals were quarantined and cared for in two rooms in a local hotel.

  Academic text (2007)

• All passengers had been quarantined for 7 days at home or in designated hotels or hospitals.

  Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

I

to isolate

vsto quarantine

204 4.2

To keep someone or something apart from others

focuses on enforced isolation to stop disease spread rather than general separation

E

to enforce a quarantine

vsto quarantine

1 5.8

Keep people or places apart to stop disease spreading

involves placing people, animals, or places in enforced isolation to stop disease spread

Antonyms

L

to liberate

202 4.3

Set someone free from prison or unfair control

Idioms

I

in quarantine

15 4.1

Kept away from other people to stop disease spreading

I

in quarantine

• Specialized

1 5.8

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

Phrasal Verbs

E

to enforce a quarantine

1 5.8

Keep people or places apart to stop disease spreading

Q

to quarantine oneself

6.2

To stay away from other people after being near someone with an illness to avoid spreading disease

How Isolated

to confine

111 4.2

to quarantine

37 4.8

to isolate

204 4.2

separate

• Offensive

11 5.1

Surface Forms

Etymology