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Quarantine

Description:

Quarantine is a period of isolation or restriction imposed on individuals, animals, or objects to prevent the spread of a contagious disease. It can also refer to a state or place of isolation where people or animals are kept.

Parts of Speech:

• Noun: The act of isolating individuals or groups to prevent the spread of disease, or the place where this isolation takes place.
• Verb: To isolate someone or something in order to prevent the spread of disease.

Examples:

Noun:

1. In response to the pandemic, many countries implemented extensive quarantines to control the virus.
2. The government set up a quarantine facility to house individuals returning from high-risk areas.

Verb:

1. The health authorities decided to quarantine the passengers who had symptoms of the contagious disease.
2. It is crucial to quarantine infected animals to prevent the transmission of the disease to the rest of the herd.

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