blocking off
Preventing passage through
Blocking off means to close or seal an area to prevent access or passage.
You might block off a street for a parade, block off a doorway with furniture, or block off time in your calendar.
Police blocked off the intersection after the accident.
The phrase emphasizes creating a barrier or boundary that separates one space from another.
- stonewallingDeliberately refusing to respond
- shutting outBlocking from entering
- choke pointConstricted passage limiting movement
- blockadeSealing off a place
- road closedPassage is barred
stop · cutting off · lock · barricade · no entry · silencing · cutoff · compartmentalization · quarantine · throttling · cordon · cordoning off · damming · bottleneck · partition · sealing · sealing off · obstruction
blocking offopening up
Becoming less guarded
unblocking · opening · clearing · freeing up · unsealing
blocking offclearing
Treeless space in forest
unclogging · opening up · freeing · facilitating · flushing out
blocking offfreeing up
Making accessible or available
releasing · opening up · unreserving · deallocating · liberating
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