seal off
seal off verb: to physically isolate an area or building for security reasons preventing passage of humans or vehicles.
Verb
seal off (third-person singular simple present seals off, present participle sealing off, simple past and past participle sealed off)
- To physically isolate an area or building for security reasons preventing passage of humans or vehicles.
- Police sealed off the building following an anonymous bomb warning.
- More dangerous still are the 20 tonnes of melted fuel inside a reactor that caught fire in 1957 and has been sealed off and left alone ever since.December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian
seal off meaning in Tamil
seal off in Tamil
- அடைப்பிடல்
Forms of seal off
| third-person singular present | seals off |
|---|---|
| present participle | sealing off |
| past participle | sealed off |
| past | sealed off |
Questions about seal off
- What does seal off mean?
- Seal off means to physically isolate an area or building for security reasons preventing passage of humans or vehicles.
- What is seal off in Tamil?
- Seal off in Tamil is அடைப்பிடல். See Seal off meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is seal off?
- Seal off is a verb.
- What is the past tense of seal off?
- The past tense of seal off is sealed off.
Words near seal off in the dictionary
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