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

256 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

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

104 4.3

Set someone free from prison or unfair control

Idioms

I

in quarantine

9 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

Q

to quarantine oneself

1 6.2

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

E

to enforce a quarantine

5.8

Keep people or places apart to stop disease spreading

How Isolated

to confine

215 4.2

to quarantine

43 4.8

to isolate

256 4.2

separate

• Offensive

87 5.1

Surface Forms

Etymology