shelter in placen.
/ˌʃɛltə(r) ɪn ˈpleɪs/, U.S. /ˌʃɛltər ɪn ˈpleɪs/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
A public safety protocol invoked during an emergency in which there is an imminent threat to life or health, instructing people to find a place of shelter in their present location or immediate surroundings, and stay there until an all-clear is given. In later use also: a public directive requiring people to remain indoors (typically at home) at all times, with only limited specified exceptions, invoked as a preventative measure, e.g. to inhibit the spread of an infectious disease.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter > seeking or taking shelter
sheltering1674
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shelter in place1976
1976 Civil Def. Rev.: Hearings by Civil Def. Panel of Subcomm. Investig. Comm. Armed Services (U.S. House of Representatives, 94th Congr., 2nd Sess.) 112 One plan looked at shelter in place for a decade and then abandoned it in favor of massive evacuation.
1994 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail (Nexis) 6 Aug. 1 a Because of an incident involving the WOWK-TV helicopter during a recent chemical leak, a plant official would like air space automatically restricted in areas where a shelter-in-place is called.
2020 St. Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota) (Nexis) 24 Mar. This will not be able to be a shelter in place for a week to two weeks. It will probably have to look more like multiple weeks to months to get the desired effect.
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General use as a modifier (usually with hyphen), as in shelter-in-place order, shelter-in-place system, etc.
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1977 SIAM Rev. 19 305 An evacuation to shelter system could strengthen the basis of a mutual deterrence strategy, although a shelter-in-place system in the areas of greatest population density could tend to undermine mutual deterrence and lead to escalation of forces.
1986 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 15 Oct. b 1/1 No evacuation is planned but area residents should practice shelter-in-place procedures—staying inside, closing all doors and shutting off air conditioners.
2020 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 25 Mar. If I live in a community that is under a shelter-in-place order, can I run or walk outside?
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shelter in placev.
/ˌʃɛltə(r) ɪn ˈpleɪs/, U.S. /ˌʃɛltər ɪn ˈpleɪs/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
intransitive. Originally during an emergency in which there is imminent threat to life: to find a place of safety in one’s present location or immediate surroundings and stay there until an all-clear is given. Later also: to remain indoors (typically at home) at all times, with only limited specified exceptions, esp. as part of preventative public health measure intended to inhibit the spread of an infectious disease. Also (and in earliest use) transitive: to request or advise (an individual or group) to do this.
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1976 Federal, State, & Local Emergency Preparedness: Hearings before Joint Comm. Def. Production (U.S. House of Congr., 94th Congr., 2nd Sess.) 97 Faced with the perils of the nuclear and missile age,..in DCPA [= Defense Civil Preparedness Agency] we have concentrated on the provision for early warning, and then sheltering people in place or relocating them during a crisis.
1977 Spokane (Washington) Daily Chron. 20 Sept. 5/6 The best thing we could do at that time was shelter in place [in the event of a nuclear attack].
2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 26 Feb. e12/2 (advt.) If your family knows where to go and what to do in an emergency, they'll save time and remain calm. Here's what your plan should contain:... A designated room in your house in case authorities instruct you to ‘shelter-in-place’.
2020 Daily Camera (Boulder, Colorado) (Nexis) 20 Mar. (headline) What's it like to shelter in place as part of the fight against coronavirus?
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