seal off

verb

sealed off; sealing off; seals off

transitive verb

: to close tightly

Examples of seal off in a Sentence

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Yoon lifted the decree six hours later after lawmakers defied efforts by the security forces to seal off parliament and voted to reject it. Joyce Lee and Ju-Min Park, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025 This was no accident, as the Getty made swift moves to deploy its irrigation system (with a million-gallon on-site water tank), seal off museum galleries and library archives, and to keep all nonessential personnel off its grounds. Francesca Aton For Artnews, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2025 Throughout, the Ringo habitat stayed blissfully sealed off from Donald Trump, Joe Biden, national reckonings, crises of democracy, and things of that nature. Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025 Hellebuyck, however, began to drop into reverse vertical-horizontal to seal off the strong-side post. Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seal off

Word History

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of seal off was in 1931

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“Seal off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seal%20off. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.

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seal off

verb
: to close tightly
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