Locks
Shuts
Both words in one sentence
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Naturally, the killer shuts and locks the cellar door on him.
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When the player enters a specific area, some type of barrier is closed around the player character (even one as simple as a door that mysteriously shuts and locks itself), and they cannot leave these narrow confines until all the available enemies are defeated.
Source: Inescapable Ambush -
Subverted rather hilariously in "Tooms" when the putative victim shuts the toilet lid, then goes, "Oh, nearly forgot," and returns to flip the safety locks.
Source: Camping a Crapper
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