seal off

verb

sealed off; sealing off; seals off

transitive verb

: to close tightly

Examples of seal off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For months after a devastating fire tore through seven Hong Kong apartment towers last year, the complex was sealed off to residents. — New York Times, 20 July 2026

Last week, Congolese tax officials sealed off KCC’s offices, in the southeastern Lualaba province, as part of the dispute. — Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 16 July 2026

Hotel sealed off Activists and relatives say the authorities responsible for receiving the deportees have kept all information related to the flight under wraps and turned the hotel into a restricted zone. — Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026

Private jets stacked at Friedman Memorial Airport, security sealed off the Sun Valley Lodge, and a few hundred of the world’s most powerful people started getting cozy. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 8 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for seal off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff

Kids Definition

seal off

verb

: to close tightly