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Definition of quarantines:

(n) : A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
(v) : (intransitive) To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.
(v) : (transitive) To place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
(n) : (figurative) A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.
(n) : (computing, figurative) An isolation of one program, drive, computer, etc. from the rest of a computer network to limit the damage from a bug, computer virus, etc.
(n) : (computing, figurative) The program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated.

Definition of quarantines:

(n) : A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
(v) : (intransitive) To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.
(v) : (transitive) To place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
(n) : (figurative) A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.
(n) : (computing, figurative) An isolation of one program, drive, computer, etc. from the rest of a computer network to limit the damage from a bug, computer virus, etc.
(n) : (computing, figurative) The program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated.

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