cordons off
Restricts entry to
To cordon off is to isolate an area by surrounding it with barriers or guards, restricting access: Police cordoned off the crime scene.
The cordon—originally a line of soldiers or a ribbon barrier—becomes a verb phrase meaning to establish such a boundary.
The phrase often appears in news coverage of accidents, investigations, or security incidents.
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- segregationForced separation by group
- fenceBoundary structure between properties
- tapeAdhesive strip on roll
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
wall · containment · exclusion zone · red zone · safety perimeter · embargo · rope · checkpoint · security detail · curfew · enclosure · blockade · police line · separation · compartmentalization · prohibition · crowd control · restricted area