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LOCKDOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lockdown mean?
• LOCKDOWN (noun)
The noun LOCKDOWN has 1 sense:
1. the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot)
Familiarity information: LOCKDOWN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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