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. List of paraphrases for "lockdown":

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

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Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to use lockdown in a sentence?

1. Sun Shuopeng:

   In the city of Wuhan after one month since the adoption of the lockdown policy, we see a decreasing trend from the peak of the disease, here in Milan, the hardest hit area by Covid-19, there isn't a very strict lockdown : public transportation is still working and people are still moving around, you're still having dinners and parties in the hotels and you're not wearing masks. We need every citizen to be involved in the fight of Covid-19 and follow this policy.

2. Sajjan Jindal:

   The slower we are to restart, the more we lose against countries out of lockdown. We can't lose any more time.

3. Marsha Blackburn:

   The Democrats are back at it again – whatever it takes to put you back into lockdown, now we hear that Speaker Pelosi is going to have people arrested if they do not wear a mask. I do n’t know about you, I’ve not heard one valid reason that a person who has been vaccinated should be forced to wear a mask.

4. Anabela Ribeiro:

   You see a lot of people not following (the rules) during this new lockdown, stricter measures are needed.

5. Jocelyn Velazquez:

   Working from home has its blessings but they have yet to be as evident as when COVID-19 hit the U.S. and put our home state of Michigan on total lockdown.