as in guarded
to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point
museum officials closed off the west wing after the fire
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guarded
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Federal facilities are often already guarded and screened by security officers.—
Jeanine Santucci,
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There was a mean-spiritedness that the white COs up in the mountains had for us that the Black and brown ones who guarded us in Sing Sing did not.—
John J. Lennon
September 24,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Closed (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closed%20%28off%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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