seal_off has definitions from the field of military
1
[ verb ] make tight; secure against leakage

Synonyms

seal

Examples

"seal the windows"

Used in print

(Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)

Purified inactive chlorine was then added from one of the tubes described above and the mixture frozen_out and sealed_off in a flask equipped with a break_seal .

The desired amounts of inactive chlorine and radioactive chlorine were likewise condensed in these cells on the vacuum line following which they were frozen_down and the manifold as_a_whole was sealed_off .

The reactants for the gas phase experiments were first frozen_out in a side arm attached to the manifold and then allowed to distill slowly into the manifold of pre-cooled reaction cells before sealing_off .

2
[ verb ] (military) impose a blockade on

Synonyms

blockade

Used in print

(Time magazine, 77:3...)

A clot forms at the site , seals_off the flow of blood to the heart and provokes a heart_attack .

Related terms

besiege blockade

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