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lockdown (n.)

also lock-down, from late 19c. in various mechanical senses, from the verbal phrase; see lock (v.) + down (adv.). Prison sense is by 1975, American English.

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Definitions of lockdown from WordNet

lockdown (n.)
the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot);
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