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lockdown noun

  /ˈlɑkˌdaʊn/ , /ˈlɒkˌdaʊn/
  • 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.
confinement, enfermement, verrouillage
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