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Quarantining

Quarantine \Quar`an*tine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quarantined; p. pr. & vb. n. Quarantining.] To compel to remain at a distance, or in a given place, without intercourse, when suspected of having contagious disease; to put under, or in, quarantine.

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quarantining

vb. (present participle of quarantine English)

Usage examples of "quarantining".

Major Cormack will organise the quarantining of the entire forest working in conjunction with the Essex and London police forces.

There is even high-level talk of quarantining Thorsfinni's World altogether in case civilians learn about the aliens.

A massive fleet of Shub starships burst out of the Forbidden Sector, brushing aside the quarantining starcruiser, and laid waste to every inhabited planet in its path.

There's been talk in the last few minutes of quarantining Kezdet though.