lockdown

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Harvey said when he arrived on campus about 15 minutes after the shooting, a lockdown was already in place and Harkness Hall had been evacuated.

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  1. noun The confinement of prison inmates to their cells as a security measure following a disturbance in the prison.
  2. noun A prison, especially a high-security one.
  3. noun A device that secures a piece of equipment, especially a computer, so that it cannot be moved or stolen.

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  • Guards shove everybody into lockdown, and the next day the judge starts making noises that instead of the professor being a hero, he mighta caused the stabbing, fomenting riots and all, suggesting maybe he even caused the stabbing himself to create attention. —  EQMM,August2006
  • Holly Shelton, spokeswoman for the Amarillo Independent School District, said the principal determined the lockdown was the best course of action.
  • The courthouse immediately went on lockdown, although people were allowed to leave after the building was secured, McConnell said. —  The Seattle Times
  • "There is no curfew because that would imply a state of lockdown which is not the case," he said. —  Fiji Times Online - Local News
  • And on Thursday morning, a lockdown was ordered when three men officials believe were involved in the incident came onto campus.
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