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cordon
noun as in badge
noun as in circle
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in gyre
noun as in ribbon
Example Sentences
The area was cordoned off by police overnight but the cordons have since been lifted and the road has reopened.
The street has been closed off throughout the day, but the cordon has now been lifted, police said.
It's impossible to cordon off entire beaches – ocean conditions are too strong and would simply wash the nets away.
At 11:15 a white lorry marked "Bomb Disposal" arrived at the scene and went behind the police cordon that had been set up around the synagogue.
As darkness fell, the first vehicles were eventually allowed to leave the massive police cordon.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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