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

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

But when a mysterious virus imbues an elderly woman with excessive strength and a taste for blood, the police seal off the building, leaving the journalists and company to face growing factions of the infected. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026

Authorities have sealed off the region near the epicenter and deployed thousands of troops, as residents say official rescuers are scarce. — Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 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