Synonyms for lockdown
ˈlɒkˌdaʊnlock·down

Princeton's WordNet

1. lockdownnoun

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

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1. • Imprisonment

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1. List of paraphrases for "lockdown":

   containment, locking, bunker, quarantine, lock, confinement, confining, curfew, lockout

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1. Sushila Kataria:

   There is a lockdown, patients cannot come, but the disease will not wait.

2. Detlev Spangenberg:

   The pile of bodies in Meissen is bitter medicine against ignorance. we’ve had a lockdown since November and the numbers are not going down. It’s nothing to do with the AfD.

3. Chris Vincent:

   Staging an equine wedding might sound a bit mad, but, given we’re in lockdown, nothing seems normal anymore.

4. Jainesh Khandelwal:

   Make it mandatory that all political bigwigs, corporate captains, media owners and medical chiefs will be vaccinated for Covid in the first phase, then very soon news anchors will start saying that that corona virus effect is over worldwide and now there is no need of any vaccination, mask wearing, any further lockdown, sanitiser using and social distancing.

5. Khoshboo Maidanwal:

   The lockdown due to the coronavirus has made domestic situation even worse for women.