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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According to two people familiar with the initial report, the bombing sealed off the entrances to two of the nuclear sites but that most of the damage was done to structures above ground, leaving the lower structures intact. Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 25 June 2025 His pointed remarks underscored the uncertainty facing the Palais de la Découverte, the scientific museum previously sealed off by a non-original partition wall. Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 19 June 2025 In the 20th century, the island was further sealed off by the paranoid regime of Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha, who turned it into a military bastion that was forbidden to civilians. The Dial, 12 June 2025 As a result, the book doesn’t come close to explaining her country’s confounding transformation during the two years it was sealed off from the outside world, suspended in an increasingly claustrophobic COVID bubble. Rachel Morris, New Yorker, 5 June 2025 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 5 Jul. 2025.

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seal off

verb
: to close tightly
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