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Definition of lockdown in English: lockdownnoun ˈlɒkdaʊnˈlɑkdaʊn North American 1The confining of prisoners to their cells, typically in order to regain control during a riot. the lockdown has been in effect since October 1983 Example sentencesExamples - Some were held in lockdowns for 23 hours a day, and then taken from their cells bound in handcuffs, leg irons and waist chains.
- But survivors occasionally breached the lockdown and came to the fence to tell their stories, each one astonishing.
- Administrators responded with an institution lockdown, confining all prisoners to their cells.
- Luckily the prisoners where all in lockdown at the moment so they could keep the casualties down to a minimum.
- More than 100 prisoners were placed on lockdown for the rest of the day following protest early last Monday morning.
- Furthermore, they are typically barred from areas where ministry is most needed: maximum security prisons, solitary confinement blocks, and twenty-three-hour lockdowns.
- Inmates in three California prisons are being kept in their cells on 24-hour-a-day lockdowns to save money on overtime pay for guards.
- She ripped out the spoon, and tried to run for the door, but somebody had put the whole prison in lockdown.
- Though he has no criminal record, murderers and junkies and 23-hour lockdowns became part of his life.
- In lockdown it is not physically possible to have sex with anyone other than your celly.
- This final act of defiance precipitated a lockdown of the entire Texas state prison system.
- In 2 men cell lockdown the only person that you can fight with is your celly.
- Outside of lockdown, captives are warehoused like cattle.
- 1.1 A state of isolation or restricted access instituted as a security measure.
the university is on lockdown and nobody has been able to leave Example sentencesExamples - Finally, we were let off lockdown later in the afternoon.
- They can impose lockdowns immediately, by force if necessary.
- Also, here's a good reason for being on lockdown.
- But even though Times Square was under lockdown for a couple of hours this morning, we are happy to report that traffic is once again flowing.
- Israeli officials said the lockdown was necessary to stop the movement of Hizbullah weapons around Lebanon.
- Read all about the Linkin Park lockdown.
- The lockdown was lifted a few hours later.
- There remains a lockdown for Building 44, where the situation is developing.
- Security officials then put the nuclear station on lockdown.
- A lockdown has now been lifted at Saint Peter's College in New Jersey.
- Authorities responded by putting the entire city in lockdown.
- They had us on lockdown.
- But these schools have been on lockdown the past few days anyway; they took no extra precaution.
- Harding High School, about two blocks east of the crime scene, was placed on lockdown for a short period in the morning.
- A security lockdown tantamount to a state of emergency prevailed in the German city of Mainz on Rhine on Wednesday, February 23.
- But firms insist that they are working through the lockdowns.
- But, again, the college is still on lockdown.
- Schools were put in lockdown, and students sent home early.
- A lock-down has banned the movement of citrus plants, fruit and equipment outside the Emerald, Peak Downs, and Bauhinia shires.
- Anti-government protests which spread from Tibet into western provinces are under control, the Chinese government said yesterday, as much of the region remained in lockdown.
Definition of lockdown in US English: lockdownnounˈlɑkdaʊnˈläkdoun North American 1The confining of prisoners to their cells, typically after an escape or to regain control during a riot. Example sentencesExamples - More than 100 prisoners were placed on lockdown for the rest of the day following protest early last Monday morning.
- She ripped out the spoon, and tried to run for the door, but somebody had put the whole prison in lockdown.
- Inmates in three California prisons are being kept in their cells on 24-hour-a-day lockdowns to save money on overtime pay for guards.
- Though he has no criminal record, murderers and junkies and 23-hour lockdowns became part of his life.
- Furthermore, they are typically barred from areas where ministry is most needed: maximum security prisons, solitary confinement blocks, and twenty-three-hour lockdowns.
- But survivors occasionally breached the lockdown and came to the fence to tell their stories, each one astonishing.
- In lockdown it is not physically possible to have sex with anyone other than your celly.
- Outside of lockdown, captives are warehoused like cattle.
- Administrators responded with an institution lockdown, confining all prisoners to their cells.
- This final act of defiance precipitated a lockdown of the entire Texas state prison system.
- Some were held in lockdowns for 23 hours a day, and then taken from their cells bound in handcuffs, leg irons and waist chains.
- In 2 men cell lockdown the only person that you can fight with is your celly.
- Luckily the prisoners where all in lockdown at the moment so they could keep the casualties down to a minimum.
- 1.1 A state of isolation or restricted access instituted as a security measure.
the university is on lockdown and nobody has been able to leave Example sentencesExamples - Finally, we were let off lockdown later in the afternoon.
- But firms insist that they are working through the lockdowns.
- Also, here's a good reason for being on lockdown.
- Authorities responded by putting the entire city in lockdown.
- They can impose lockdowns immediately, by force if necessary.
- A lockdown has now been lifted at Saint Peter's College in New Jersey.
- Security officials then put the nuclear station on lockdown.
- Schools were put in lockdown, and students sent home early.
- But, again, the college is still on lockdown.
- The lockdown was lifted a few hours later.
- But these schools have been on lockdown the past few days anyway; they took no extra precaution.
- There remains a lockdown for Building 44, where the situation is developing.
- But even though Times Square was under lockdown for a couple of hours this morning, we are happy to report that traffic is once again flowing.
- Anti-government protests which spread from Tibet into western provinces are under control, the Chinese government said yesterday, as much of the region remained in lockdown.
- They had us on lockdown.
- Israeli officials said the lockdown was necessary to stop the movement of Hizbullah weapons around Lebanon.
- Harding High School, about two blocks east of the crime scene, was placed on lockdown for a short period in the morning.
- Read all about the Linkin Park lockdown.
- A lock-down has banned the movement of citrus plants, fruit and equipment outside the Emerald, Peak Downs, and Bauhinia shires.
- A security lockdown tantamount to a state of emergency prevailed in the German city of Mainz on Rhine on Wednesday, February 23.
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