Hyphenation of containment

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word containment ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

con-tain-ment

Definitions of containment :

1.
A policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully
Containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975
2.
(physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor
3.
The act of containing
Keeping something from spreading The containment of the AIDS epidemic The containment of the rebellion

Synonyms of containment :

noun policy
noun system
noun restraint

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