verb
- past tense of cordon; to close off or isolate an area with barriers or guards
Usage: often used with ‘off’
Examples
- Police cordoned off the crime scene with yellow tape.
- The entire block was cordoned following the gas leak.
- Security forces cordoned the building after the bomb threat.
- The accident site remained cordoned until investigators arrived.
- Officials cordoned off the contaminated area.
- The protesters were cordoned away from the embassy entrance.