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Containment
- noun - (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; "containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975"
- the act of containing; keeping something from spreading; "the containment of the AIDS epidemic"; "the containment of the rebellion"
Contaminant
- noun - a substance that contaminates
Contaminate
- verb - make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
- make radioactive by adding radioactive material; "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated"
- Taint
Contamitive
- - Tending or liable to contaminate.
Contemplant
- - Given to contemplation; meditative.
Contemplate
- verb - consider as a possibility; "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job"
- look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought; "contemplate one's navel"
- reflect deeply on a subject;
- think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; "
Contenement
- - That which is held together with another thing; that which is connected with a tenement, or thing holden, as a certain quantity of land adjacent to a dwelling, and necessary to the reputable enjoyment of the dwelling; appurtenance.
Contentedly
- adverb - with equanimity; "`I bought it,' she said contentedly"
Contentions
- noun - a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
- a point asserted as part of an argument
- the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"