wall off

verb

walled off; walling off; walls off
Synonyms of wall offnext
: 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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It's also walled off its site from being scraped by external agents. — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 27 May 2026 Instead of walling off the injury, their brains remain permissive to rebuilding. — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026 Scientists around the world engineered viruses that could slide through the blood-brain barrier that walls off our most vital organ from the rest of the body. — Jason Mast, STAT, 12 May 2026 A little nook off to the side introduces an additional exposure and a nice spot for a dining table — and could be walled off to become a tiny third bedroom. — Katie McDonough, Curbed, 25 May 2026 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 7 Jul. 2026.

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