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block off

VERB

enclose

Synonyms

STRONGEST

encase encircle encompass hem in insert wrap

STRONG

blockade bound cage circle circumscribe confine corral cover enfold enshroud environ fence hedge imbue immure implant impound imprison include induct intern jail limit mew pen restrict veil

WEAK

box up close in coop fence off lock in lock up mure set apart shut in wall in

Antonyms

STRONG

exclude face free let go liberate meet reject release reveal set free

WEAK

unloose

VERB

isolate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

confine detach disconnect disengage divide insulate remove segregate separate sequester

STRONG

abstract divorce part quarantine seclude sever sunder

WEAK

close off island keep apart

Antonyms

STRONGEST

attach combine connect couple desegregate gather join link unite

WEAK

include incorporate integrate mingle

VERB

mew

Synonyms

STRONG

blockade bound cage circle circumscribe confine coop corral cover encase encircle encompass enfold enshroud environ fence hedge imbue immure implant impound imprison include induct insert intern jail limit pen restrict veil wall wrap

WEAK

box up close in fence off hem in lock in lock up mure set apart shut in shut up wall in

Antonyms

STRONG

exclude face free let go liberate meet reject release reveal set free take out uncover unwrap

VERB

quarantine

Synonyms

STRONGEST

sequester

STRONG

confine cordon detach insulate remove restrict seclude segregate separate

WEAK

close off keep apart seal off

Antonyms

STRONG

combine desegregate free join let go release unite

Example Sentences

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Impromptu barricades block off both ends of the block.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Some offer sanctuary from the public eye; others, a carefully curated network designed to block off access.

From Salon • May 30, 2025

"Normally, microglia are looking for things like viruses or injury and secreting substances that block off the damage," she said.

From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2024

“It smells like a rough combination of sewage and dead fish. We live half a block off the beach and the smell has completely filled the air today,” Venice resident Harrison Macks said Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2024

Frederick leads them into a five-story town house one block off a pretty avenue called the Knesebeckstrasse.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

block off

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