lockout

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Synonyms: lookout, blockout, lock out, locknut, lock-out

Antonyms: lookout, blockout, lock out, locknut, lock-out

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|labor}} The opposite of a [[strike]]; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.
2. The action of installing a lock to keep someone out of an area, such as eviction of a tenant by changing the lock.
3. {{lb|en|by extension}} The exclusion of certain people from a place, event, situation, etc.
4. The restriction of a population to a certain area, but allowing free movement within that region, in order to prevent the spread of disease. Compare [[lockdown]].
5. The situation of being [[lock out|locked out]] of a [[building]].
6. {{lb|en|computing}} A situation where the system is not responding to input.
7. {{lb|en|industrial operations}} A [[safety]] device designed to prevent touching a moving part when it is under operation; a safety device to keep the [[power supply]] turned off during repairs; the standardized practice and method whereby such devices are deployed.
8. {{lb|en|weightlifting}} The final portion of a weightlifting motion where all applicable limbs or joints are fully extended or "locked out".
9. {{lb|en|weightlifting}} An exercise meant to increase strength in the lockout portion of a lifting motion.
10. {{lb|en|politics}} A form of [[w:Spoiler effect|vote splitting]] in a [[w:two-round system|two-round voting system]] which a large number of candidates with similar politics prevent each other from advancing to the second round, allowing a pair of opposition candidates to face each other in the runoff.

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