A quarantine is a period of time during which people are not allowed to come into or leave a particular area. This is often done to prevent the spread of a disease.
The quarantine was put in place to prevent the spread of the virus.
The quarantine was put in place to prevent the spread of the disease.
noun
enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease
noun
isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease
verb
place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons
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He was held in quarantine in the hospital.
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She was in the Cuban quarantine in October 1962.
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The entire bit about the quarantine is trivia.
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The squadron participated in the naval quarantine of Cuba.
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After the quarantine station closed the island was leased.
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An outbreak in May 2005 led to the quarantine of the town.
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It was, in fact, the old quarantine station and was finished in the 1740s.
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He then asks the FBI and police to quarantine the town.
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The residents begin to panic as the CDC quarantines the building.
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The area was used to quarantine soldiers coming from the conflict.