seal off

seal off
verb
1. make tight; secure against leakage (Freq. 3)
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seal the windows

• Syn: ↑seal
• Derivationally related forms: ↑seal (for: ↑seal), ↑sealant (for: ↑seal), ↑sealer (for: ↑seal)
• Hypernyms: ↑close, ↑shut
• Hyponyms: ↑reseal, ↑waterproof, ↑caulk, ↑calk, ↑pack
• Verb Group: ↑seal
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

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They want to seal off the doors

2. impose a blockade on (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑blockade
• Derivationally related forms: ↑blockade (for: ↑blockade)
• Hypernyms: ↑besiege, ↑beleaguer, ↑surround, ↑hem in, ↑circumvent
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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transitive verb
Etymology: seal (IV)
: to close tightly so as to eliminate ingress or egress

a glass tube sealed off by fusing the material together

sealed the airport off with a cordon of police

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seal off
To make it impossible for any thing or person to leave or enter (eg an area)
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Main Entry: ↑seal

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ˌseal ˈoff [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they seal off he/she/it seals off present participle sealing off past tense sealed off past participle sealed off] phrasal verb
to prevent people from entering an area or a building

Police sealed off the area so that the investigations could begin.

Thesaurus: to stop someone from entering a placesynonym general words meaning to leave a placesynonym
Main entry: seal

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seal off [phrasal verb]
seal off (something) or seal (something) off : to prevent people from entering or leaving (an area or place)

Police sealed off the crime scene.

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Main Entry: ↑seal

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