cordon sth off
— phrasal verb with cordon uk/ˈkɔː.dən/us/ˈkɔːr.dən/verb
If people in authority, such as the police, cordon off a building or area, they put something around it in order to stop people from entering it:
They've cordoned off the whole area because of a suspected bomb.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Isolating and separating
- compartmentalize
- cone
- cone sth off
- cordon
- cut sb/sth off
- demarcate
- divide
- insulate
- insulator
- intersect
- isolate
- isolation
- mark sth off
- seclude
- segregate
- separate
- separately
- sequester
- wrenching
- zonal
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