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containment
noun as in control
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in restriction
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Example Sentences
Key to managing this is employing what Ogundehin terms "containment" - dedicating set spaces for objects, rather than spreading them endlessly throughout your home.
Incarcerated firefighters don’t wield hoses, but clear brush and dig containment lines while working on front-line hand crews and do work such as cooking and laundry to keep fire camps running.
Firefighters had anticipated that the blaze would eventually move in this direction and reiterated that the main body of the fire remained inside primary containment lines and that things were still going as planned.
Flames have reached the southernmost point of the well-traveled McKinley Grove Road, which is being used “as a major containment feature,” she said.
Those living nearby were instructed to shelter in place while helicopters continued water drops to cool hot spots between homes and hand crews worked to reach 100% containment in very steep terrain.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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