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Meaning
Noun
●
In Coronavirus & Prison:
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 as a non-pharmaceutical
intervention
in a pandemic.
●
In American English:
A
contrivance
to
fasten
logs
together in rafting.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
lockdown
English
down
English
doun
Middle English (1100-1500)
dun
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
dune
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
dún
Old Norse
lock
English
locc
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
lucan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
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Deadlock
Attack
Assault
Surveillance
Closure
Crackdown
Backup
Detention
Melee
Counterattack
Cooldown
Outage
Emergency
Rampage
Gridlock
Clampdown
Invasion
Chokehold
Garrison
Alert
Browser
Rescue
Closures
Firefight
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Suicide Watch
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Red Alert
House Arrest
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State Of Emergency
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