wall off

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English

Verb

wall off (third-person singular simple present walls off, present participle walling off, simple past and past participle walled off)

  1. To separate with a wall.
    The previous owners had walled off two rooms, making an apartment.
  2. (figurative, by extension) To isolate completely.
    Early protectionists tried to wall off the country from foreign trade.

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