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A period of 40 days, particularly
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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.
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(figurative) A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.
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A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret.
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(politics, figurative) A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.
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(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.
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(computing, figurative) The program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated.