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- (n.) A protective barrier (as of buffer states) against a potentially aggressive nation or a dangerous influence (such as a pandemic). Borrowed from French, it is also referred to as "sanitary cordon" in certain areas. Merriam-Webster Dictionary
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- But while the waters of the lagoon were a corridor for the passage of an epidemic, they were also a natural cordon sanitaire that facilitated an efficient quarantine system as a bulwark against the disease for the rest of Italy. - TIME by
- In addition to a cordon sanitaire, which halted travel into or out of the affected areas, the lockdown prohibited the sixteen million people living inside the so-called zone rosse from any movement that was not required for work, health, or other “necessary” reasons. - The New Yorker by
- The first thing is the strong-arm methods introduced by the Chinese on January 23rd, when they introduced cordon sanitaire, which is a wholesale quarantine by cordoning off with soldiers and policemen whole geographical areas and communities. - The New Yorker by
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- Un cordon sanitaire est un espace contrôlé en vue de surveiller les accès à une zone où sévit une épidémie. Leparisien - by Samuel Clarisse
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- Le terme "cordon sanitaire" naît en France au 19e siècle lorsqu'en 1821 Paris envoie 30.000 soldats pour bloquer la frontière avec l'Espagne, afin d'empêcher la diffusion d'une épidémie de fièvre jaune. - Science et avenir by Samuel Clarisse
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- sanitný kordón = izolujúci pruh územia okolo zamorenej oblasti postihnutej nákazlivou chorobou slovník cudzích slov - by Alžbeta Takácsová
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- Koncom leta sa v Bratislave a ďalších mestách rozšíril mor. Vedenie mesta sa ho snažilo tajiť, ale keď zomrel mestský lekár, sanitný kordón okolo mesta sa zavrel. - korunovacie.sk by Alžbeta Takácsová
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