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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Cobbley has fashioned a roof out of foam core and walled off the entrance with cardboard, leaving only a two-foot crawl space at the bottom.
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Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
The Olympics are never walled off from the political and cultural debates.
—Steven Sloan, Arkansas Online, 10 Feb. 2026
In some ways, Goldsworthy’s rural life keeps him walled off from the world.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Essentially, one-third of Maryland’s land mass is walled off from true competition for congressional representation.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2026
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Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
The Olympics are never walled off from the political and cultural debates.
—Steven Sloan, Arkansas Online, 10 Feb. 2026
In some ways, Goldsworthy’s rural life keeps him walled off from the world.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Essentially, one-third of Maryland’s land mass is walled off from true competition for congressional representation.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Wall off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wall%20off. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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