block sth off
— phrasal verb with block uk/blɒk/us/blɑːk/verb [ T ]
to close a road, path, or entrance so that people cannot use it:
All the roads out of the town had been blocked off by the police.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Closing and blocking
- barricade
- batten
- batten down the hatches idiom
- block sth up
- blockage
- dam sth up
- dark
- ensconce
- ensconced
- gum
- gum sth up
- jam
- occlude
- seal
- shut (sth) off
- shutter
- silt (sth) up
- snap
- the darkest hour is just before the dawn idiom
- wedge
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