quarantine /; AmE ; / noun [U]

a period of time when an animal, food product, etc. entering a country is kept away from others in order to prevent disease from spreading:

agricultural quarantine laws

◆ (figurative) Email messages from non-approved addresses will be placed in quarantine.

quarantine verb [+ obj]:

The animals had been quarantined since November.

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