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quarantine
Meaning: a state of enforced isolation to prevent the spread of disease
quarantine in a sentence
How quarantine is used in real sentences:
The entire ship was placed under quarantine after several sailors fell ill.
During the outbreak, the entire dormitory was placed under quarantine, and students received meals delivered to their doors each morning.
“During the quarantine, guards blocked the neighborhood exits, and separated families spoke through apartment windows.”
— from the passage The Slanted Signature
Synonyms for quarantine
Other words for quarantine — isolation and confinement — carry the same meaning.
- isolation
- confinement
Where it comes from
From Italian quaranta giorni '40 days', the isolation period for plague ships
Memory hook
QUARANTINE has 'quarant-' like the French for 40 — 40 days shut away.
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