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. Teruhito Komatsu:

   We can drink in the concourse normally and we can sing normally during games as masks are not required when eating, drinking, and being seated, the situation outside of football grounds is also the same. Many fans go to packed pubs and sing loudly just like we used to before lockdown.

2. Akinyemi Busayo:

   Since the lockdown, we are just at home doing nothing, no work, no food, nothing, nothing, so we decided to come and exercise our body instead of us sitting at home and just getting fat.

3. Gez Robinson:

   We just let the top half of the garden go wild and installed log piles, i worked all through the lockdown but spent lots of time in our garden. I came across these two mouse families at either ends of the garden. One group lives under some old decking, and the other lives in a little mossy hill near an old shed.

4. Joannes Bjartalid:

   I am very much looking forward to the season, there was a lockdown here, but we only stopped training for 10 days. Then we trained in groups of five, then half and half, and then all the players have been training together for about a month now.

5. Chandrika Bahadur:

   The lockdown came at a huge economic and social cost, the suddenness of the announcement meant... the vast majority of the country was unprepared in terms of the implications on income, food, security of tenure, and safety. And in turn, both the central and state governments were unprepared for the migrant crisis.