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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At Camp Mystic, the flood ripped the wall off at least one building and left a cabin covered in dirt and mud, photos show.
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Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 10 July 2025
By the end of the 1970s, the question of the GSEs’ public purpose versus private profit was as cloudy as ever, and the vested interest groups had successfully walled off the GSEs from privatization.
—Norbert Michel, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Stuart smashed a shot over the center-field wall off Chicago pitcher Glenn Hobbie.
1966 — Leo Cardenas of the Reds hit four home runs in a doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
That’s why Biden, and now Trump again, pushed forward a suite of export controls and executive orders aimed at walling off U.S. citizens’ data from potential misuse abroad.
—Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 22 May 2025
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Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 10 July 2025
By the end of the 1970s, the question of the GSEs’ public purpose versus private profit was as cloudy as ever, and the vested interest groups had successfully walled off the GSEs from privatization.
—Norbert Michel, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Stuart smashed a shot over the center-field wall off Chicago pitcher Glenn Hobbie.
1966 — Leo Cardenas of the Reds hit four home runs in a doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
That’s why Biden, and now Trump again, pushed forward a suite of export controls and executive orders aimed at walling off U.S. citizens’ data from potential misuse abroad.
—Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 22 May 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 19 Aug. 2025.
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