Confine

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Listen to U.S. Senator John McCain speaking about the Middle East crisis: They will pose a direct threat to the security of the United States.

I say to the critics who say do nothing and let them fight it out, you cannot confine this confine to Iraq and Syria.

Here, the word, confine, means to keep inside, to keep from spreading.

Senator McCain was speaking to favor of the United States doing more to fight terrorism in the Middle East.

He said the confine cannot be contained to just two countries.

Now when you hear the word confine, you will know what it means!

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