Lockdown

lockdownnoun [ C or U ] mainly USUK   /ˈlɒk.daʊn/ US   /ˈlɑːk.daʊn/ a situation in which people are not allowed to enter or leave a building or areafreely because of an emergency: The SecretService is imposing a virtuallockdown on the city.The school has been placed on lockdown this morning while authoritiesinvestigate a bombthreat. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Emergency services in general

• 999
• aid station
• air drop
• air-dash
• air-sea rescue
• Amber Alert
• ambulance
• ambulanceman
• ambulancewoman
• blue-light
• coastguard
• cobra
• drop
• ice
• life-saver
• marshal
• patrolman
• Silver Alert
• siren
• stretcher-bearer

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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:Preventing and impeding(Definition of lockdown from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

EXAMPLES of lockdown

lockdownThe emergency safety protocol drills would include lockdown, evacuation and reverse-evacuation, and shelter in place drills.From WikipediaThe school was put on lockdown and police were dispatched for extra security for a couple days until threat was minimized.From WikipediaThese examples are from the Cambridge English Corpus and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.More examples

Translations of lockdown

in Chinese (Traditional)（建築或地區）因緊急情況而被封鎖了…See more Need a translator?

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