wall off
phrasal verb
walled off; walling off; walls off
: to separate (something) from the area around it with a wall
The school walled off the playground from the parking lot.
Examples of wall off in a Sentence
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It is bathed in salt water, moves around as the head swivels and bobs, and it is equipped with immune defenses meant to wall off invaders.
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Christina Jewett, New York Times, 22 May 2024
That public beach is walled off from Cage because the surf-bum bullies are trust-fund kids shielding their private community.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2024
The district attorney’s top bosses told Dameron the prosecutors were being removed so anyone who worked with Teran would be walled off from the case going forward.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
Daniel Suarez slammed the wall off Turn 2 when trying to stay on the lead lap battling leader Chris Buescher and has likely has right front damage.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2024
San Jose State struck first in the second inning when catcher Matt Spear hit a titanic 442-foot home run over the right-field wall off Bybee.
—Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 10 Apr. 2024
University officials and the State Board of Education — which is also the university’s Board of Regents — have maintained the nonprofit would wall off taxpayers from liability if the online university defaults.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 28 Mar. 2024
To assuage concerns from lawmakers, TikTok has promised to wall off U.S. user data from its parent company through a separate entity run independently from ByteDance and monitored by outside observers.
—Kevin Freking, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024
Like Jesse, Finn and Becca have suffered losses, walled off their hearts to protect themselves and found silent solace among the trees.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
Christina Jewett, New York Times, 22 May 2024
That public beach is walled off from Cage because the surf-bum bullies are trust-fund kids shielding their private community.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2024
The district attorney’s top bosses told Dameron the prosecutors were being removed so anyone who worked with Teran would be walled off from the case going forward.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
Daniel Suarez slammed the wall off Turn 2 when trying to stay on the lead lap battling leader Chris Buescher and has likely has right front damage.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2024
San Jose State struck first in the second inning when catcher Matt Spear hit a titanic 442-foot home run over the right-field wall off Bybee.
—Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 10 Apr. 2024
University officials and the State Board of Education — which is also the university’s Board of Regents — have maintained the nonprofit would wall off taxpayers from liability if the online university defaults.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 28 Mar. 2024
To assuage concerns from lawmakers, TikTok has promised to wall off U.S. user data from its parent company through a separate entity run independently from ByteDance and monitored by outside observers.
—Kevin Freking, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024
Like Jesse, Finn and Becca have suffered losses, walled off their hearts to protect themselves and found silent solace among the trees.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
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“Wall off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wall%20off. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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