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Verb: cordon off  kor-d(u)n óf
  1. Divide by means of a rope
    "The police cordoned off the area where the crime occurred";
    - rope in, rope off

Derived forms: cordoning off, cordoned off, cordons off

Type of: close in, enclose, inclose, shut in