wall off
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.
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Instead of walling off the injury, their brains remain permissive to rebuilding.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
There are no state-level restrictions capping development, no permitting regimes that take years to navigate, and no zoning codes that effectively wall off new construction to protect the property values of existing homeowners.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 May 2026
Scientists around the world engineered viruses that could slide through the blood-brain barrier that walls off our most vital organ from the rest of the body.
—Jason Mast, STAT, 12 May 2026
Phoenix walled off the paint, and the Aces were too content to settle for midrange jumpers early.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 9 May 2026
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
There are no state-level restrictions capping development, no permitting regimes that take years to navigate, and no zoning codes that effectively wall off new construction to protect the property values of existing homeowners.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 May 2026
Scientists around the world engineered viruses that could slide through the blood-brain barrier that walls off our most vital organ from the rest of the body.
—Jason Mast, STAT, 12 May 2026
Phoenix walled off the paint, and the Aces were too content to settle for midrange jumpers early.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 9 May 2026
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“Wall off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wall%20off. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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