block off

Other forms: blocked off; blocks off; blocking off

Definitions of block off
  1. verb
    obstruct access to
    synonyms: blockade
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    type of:
    block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude
    block passage through
  2. verb
    render unsuitable for passage
    synonyms: bar, barricade, block, block up, blockade, stop
    block, obstruct
    shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
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    types:
    close off, shut off
    block off the passage through
    close
    bar access to
    type of:
    block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude
    block passage through
  3. verb
    block off the passage through
    synonyms: close off, shut off
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    type of:
    bar, barricade, block, block up, blockade, stop
    render unsuitable for passage
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