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to contain; to check; to hose down [NZ] [coll.] sth. (undesirable); to check the growth/spread of sth.; to check the increase in sth.; to hose down the growth/spread of sth. [NZ] [coll.] | etw. (Unerwünschtes) eindämmen; etw. zurückdrängen {vt} | |
containing; checking; hosing down; checking the growth/spread of; checking the increase in; hosing down the growth/spread of | eindämmend; zurückdrängend | |
contained; checked; hosed down; checked the growth/spread of; checked the increase in; hosed down the growth/spread of | eingedämmt; zurückgedrängt | |
to contain / check / hose down inflation | die Inflation eindämmen / zurückdrängen | |
to control an epidemic disease; to contain an epidemic | eine Epidemie eindämmen | |
The police are failing to take adequate measures to check the growth in crime. | Es gelingt der Polizei nicht, geeignete Maßnahmen zu setzen, um den Kriminalitätsanstieg einzudämmen. |