Meaning of contenció | Babel Free

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1. containment
   feminine
2. contention
   feminine
3. Equivalent to 'Containment': A policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the...

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“Turquia actua ara com a mur de contenció, fruit del polèmic acord amb la UE, fet que ha frenat el flux d’embarcacions que arriben a les illes gregues del mar Egeu procedents de les platges del país veí.”

Turkey now acts as a containing wall, as a result of the controversial agreement with the EU, which has stemmed the flow of boats that arrive at the Greek islands from the Aegean sea departing from the beaches of the neighboring country.

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