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Definition of: cordon sanitaire
(kôr·dô
′ sá·nē·târ′) French
1. A guarded line quarantining an infected area: also sanitary cordon.
2. A continuous line of countries cooperating to isolate another country in order to prevent the spread of its influence.
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