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LOCKDOWN
lockdown
(noun) the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lockdown (countable and uncountable, plural lockdowns)
The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g. in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g. in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or pandemic, etc.
(US) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting.
Source: Wiktionary
Lock"-down`, n.
Definition: A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting; -- used by lumbermen. [U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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