quarantinezone
nounUK /ˈkwɒrəntiːn zəʊn/
US /ˈkwɔːrəntiːn zoʊn/
A special area that people or animals cannot leave or enter to stop germs from spreading.
The sick passengers had to stay inside the quarantine zone for two weeks.
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2. A marked-off region in a hospital where patients with contagious diseases are kept apart from others.
Doctors wore full protective suits inside the hospital's quarantine zone.
3. An area set apart to keep sick plants or animals away from healthy ones on a farm.
The farmer built a quarantine zone for the new sheep before they joined the flock.
4. A computer network area kept separate to stop harmful software from spreading.
The virus was moved into a quarantine zone so it could not reach the main files.