wall off

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.

Examples of wall off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The deals illustrate the continuing entanglement of the US and Chinese tech ecosystems, despite intensifying drives in Washington and Beijing to wall off their AI sectors. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026

But these programs are disconnected and spread out across the state, creating a situation where students in one part of Connecticut may have access to opportunities that are walled off from students living elsewhere. — P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026

Tampa Bay took a 2-1 lead in the sixth when Caminero lined a double to the left-field wall off Daniel Espino (0-1), then broke open the game in a three-run seventh. — Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Their switching defense effectively walls off the lane, and Kiah Stokes has been as good as any other isolation defender in the post, especially in the semifinals. — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for wall off

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