block (off)

as in to guard
to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point the square is temporarily blocked off for the street fair

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guard
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  • In her later years, Toklas carefully guarded Stein’s legacy, rebuffing, and sometimes actively thwarting, biographers.
    Anna Russell, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
  • The world’s largest Superman statue guards the town square near the Super Museum with more than 20,000 Superman artifacts.
    Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
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“Block (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/block%20%28off%29. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.

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