seal off

verb

sealed off; sealing off; seals off

transitive verb

: to close tightly

Examples of seal off in a Sentence

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Trump in the first week of his second term has further sealed off access. Rafael Carranza, ProPublica, 3 Feb. 2025 But Jenin’s camp residents remained marginalized in the West Bank and sealed off from Israel, seeing little improvement in their lives, even after the transfer of administrative powers from Israel to the Palestinian Authority in 1995. Maha Nassar, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2025 The images aren’t only stripped of superfluities; they’re hermetically sealed off from anything that could impinge from offscreen ... Tim Lammers, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024 Rescue workers sealed off the area, and fragments of the plane in DHL’s trademark yellow could be seen amid wreckage scattered across the crash site. Siarhei Satsiuk, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for seal off 

Word History

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of seal off was in 1931

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“Seal off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seal%20off. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

seal off

verb
: to close tightly
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