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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The population, then at around 211 million, continued to expand, and many who at first worried for the carrying capacity of the planet became preoccupied with walling off the country and keeping the global population at bay. —

Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024 The Kirks created this by walling off one of the double doors that was originally the main entryway of the second unit. —

Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 10 Oct. 2024 The perimeter of the National Constitution Center was walled off by 6-foot metal fences and surrounded by police. —

Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 11 Sep. 2024 The receiving area is walled off from a design and storage area (a second storage space is off-site, as are the production facilities, which are based downtown). —

Rose Apodaca Jones, WWD, 16 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for wall off