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Verb: block off
  1. Obstruct access to
    "Protesters blocked off the entrance to the building";
    - blockade
     
  2. Block off the passage through
    "We block off the valve";
    - shut off, close off
     
  3. Render unsuitable for passage
    "block off the streets";
    - barricade, block, blockade, stop, block up, bar

Derived forms: blocks off, blocked off, blocking off

Type of: block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude