Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cordon_off
1 sense of cordon off
Sense 1
rope in, rope off, cordon off -- (divide by means of a rope; "The police roped off the area where the crime occurred")
=> enclose, close in, inclose, shut in -- (surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence")