cordoning off
Blocking public access
Cordoning off is establishing a barrier around an area to restrict access.
Police cordon off crime scenes.
Emergency responders cordon off accident sites.
The phrase implies official authority and physical boundaries—tape, barriers, personnel—separating a controlled zone from the public: They cordoned off the building after the bomb threat.
- checkpointInspection station on route
- fenceBoundary structure between properties
- safety perimeterBoundary around hazards
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- ropeThick twisted fibers
perimeter · exclusion zone · red zone · tape · keep out · no-go zone · sign · quarantine · restriction · containment policy · demarcation line · sealed off · isolation · block · separation · guard · yellow tape · police
cordoning offopening up
Becoming less guarded
unlocking · admitting · letting in · unblocking · unsealing
cordoning offmerging
Blending into one
integrating · connecting · joining · unifying · combining
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