LOCKDOWN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("lockdown" is a kind of...):

imprisonment; internment (the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison))

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