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Seal off

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blockadenounThe physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
sealnounA pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
close offverbTo seal or block the entrance to a road, an area, or a building so that people cannot enter.
hermetically sealverb(transitive) To seal with an airtight seal.
shutverb(transitive, intransitive) To close, in various senses.
close outverb(transitive) To terminate; to call the end of.
wall offverb(figurative, by extension) To isolate completely.
curtain offverbTo separate, isolate or block by means of a curtain or other barrier.
wire offverbTo separate or close off by installing a wire barricade or fence, as around the perimeter.
shut awayverbTo isolate (someone) in a closed-off area or room.
stopnounA (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
lock upverb(transitive) To imprison or incarcerate (someone).
shut upverb(ergative, derogatory, often imperative) Of a person, to stop talking (said by someone, often one in authority, after one has said something annoying, irrelevant, or false, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk) or arguing, or (of a person or thing) making noise.
block outverb(transitive) to prevent from entering or penetrating.
shut offverb(transitive, intransitive) To switch off.
block offverb(transitive) To obstruct.
unsealverb(transitive) To break the seal of (something) in order to open it.
secludeverb(transitive, chiefly reflexive) To shut off or keep apart, as from company, society, etc.; withdraw (oneself) from society or into solitude.
insulateverbTo separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, etc.
cone offverb(transitive) To close (part of a road) by putting traffic cones around.

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