wall off
phrasal verb
walled off; walling off; walls off
: to separate (something) from the area around it with a wall
The school walled off the playground from the parking lot.
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The current strategy has been to essentially recapitalize it, though the all-powerful algorithm cannot be walled off from the Chinese headquarters.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
Water in it connected to the Colorado at the downstream end, but was walled off on the upstream end, except during floods, such as occasional environmental flows from the dam.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
The city is walled off by a supernatural force.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
Repeal exclusionary zoning that walls off opportunity.
—Mark Miller, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
Water in it connected to the Colorado at the downstream end, but was walled off on the upstream end, except during floods, such as occasional environmental flows from the dam.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
The city is walled off by a supernatural force.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
Repeal exclusionary zoning that walls off opportunity.
—Mark Miller, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wall off
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“Wall off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wall%20off. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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