1. quarantine -- (place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons; "My dog was quarantined before he could live in England")
quarantine can be used as a noun
1. quarantine -- (enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease)
2. quarantine -- (isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease)
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The microscopic Faubourg Saint-Germain of the place meditated raising the quarantine against M. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo