"total lockdown" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It refers to a complete and comprehensive restriction of movement or activities in a certain area or for a certain period of time. Example: The government has announced a total lockdown of the city in response to the rapid spread of the virus. All non-essential businesses will be closed and residents are advised to stay indoors.
"You start with this total lockdown, suits read everything, one post a month model," he said.
There is very limited travel, only for events considered essential, with the embassy quite often on total lockdown with no movement in and out.
Morgan's report concluded that the initial three-week period in the aftermath which included "near total lockdown" of detainees "was not reasonable and was not necessary by way of risk management".
The defendant, Mohamed Suleiman al Nalfi, a native of Sudan, "has been in basically a total lockdown" in the Metropolitan Correctional Center since Sept. 11, Mr. Jacobs told the judge.
But that's the thing about entirely unexpected events – they have entirely unexpected consequences, not just the total lockdown of the nation's airports or the apocalyptic images flashing across our news bulletins in what looked suspiciously like a metaphor.
However, the iPhone itself is not on total lockdown.
Of course, everyone knows that the macho approach is notably less effective than pixie dust -- otherwise, we wouldn't be holding our political conventions under total lockdowns.
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan Defense Ministry went into a near-total lockdown on Tuesday after the discovery of 10 suicide vests and the arrests of more than a dozen Afghan soldiers suspected of plotting to attack the ministry and blow up commuter buses for government employees, Afghan and Western officials said.
The base was placed on full lockdown.
Nowadays it's fighting another battle: the city is under total military lockdown.
Why, after all, have we had precisely zero detailed plans from the House of Representatives on how to achieve the total border lockdown they so desperately crave?
