wall off
English
Verb
wall off (third-person singular simple present walls off, present participle walling off, simple past and past participle walled off)
- To separate with a wall.
- The previous owners had walled off two rooms, making an apartment.
- (figurative, by extension) To isolate completely.
- Early protectionists tried to wall off the country from foreign trade.
Translations
to isolate completely — see isolate