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cordon sanitaire noun phr. Pl. -s -s (pronounced same). M19.
[French, formed as CORDON noun + sanitaire sanitary.]
= CORDON noun 5b.
fig.: B. Ward The Allies succeeded in creating a cordon sanitaire of buffer-states to cut Communism off from Europe.