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-before' aria-label='example sentence:'>//contain the spread of a deadly disease //Firefighters contained the wildfire.
to follow successfully a policy of containment toward //efforts to contain Communism
to prevent (an enemy or opponent) from advancing or from making a successful attack
  • to be divisible by usually without a remainder
    enclose, bound
  • intransitive ​verb
  • to keep oneself under control //When I saw them after so many years, I could hardly contain myself. [=control my feelings]
    • -before' aria-label='example sentence:'>//contain the spread of a deadly disease //Firefighters contained the wildfire.
    to follow successfully a policy of containment toward //efforts to contain Communism
    to prevent (an enemy or opponent) from advancing or from making a successful attack
  • to be divisible by usually without a remainder
    enclose, bound
  • intransitive ​verb
  • to keep oneself under control //When I saw them after so many years, I could hardly contain myself. [=control my feelings]