wall off
phrasal verb
walled off; walling off; walls off
: 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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Despite the stray details that pour in through scopes and headsets, the soldiers are walled off from any clear sense of who or where their enemies are.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
The New Bullards Bar Dam walls off the north Yuba River while the Oroville Dam regulates the Feather River.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 15 Mar. 2025
For example, a player using a mouse is not walled off from anything, but switch that to a controller, and a completely different thought process has to come into play.
—Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
One of the core tenants of this year’s defense is walling off the paint — by way of strong perimeter defenders and Zubac’s always-stellar rim protection.
—Shane Young, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
The New Bullards Bar Dam walls off the north Yuba River while the Oroville Dam regulates the Feather River.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 15 Mar. 2025
For example, a player using a mouse is not walled off from anything, but switch that to a controller, and a completely different thought process has to come into play.
—Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
One of the core tenants of this year’s defense is walling off the paint — by way of strong perimeter defenders and Zubac’s always-stellar rim protection.
—Shane Young, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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 Apr. 2025.
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