cordon off

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cordon off

verb cordons off · cordoning off · cordoned off

  1. transitive To protect from intrusion by enclosing in a rope or other barrier. A portion of the office was cordoned off during the outsiders' tour.

    Similar: cordon

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verb to enclose with rope barrier

Españolacordonar
日本語結界 kekkai
Françaisboucler
Italianocircondare

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@misc{cordon_off_2026,
  title = {cordon off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cordon%20off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}