Cordoning

"Cordoning" in a Sentence (2 examples)

Scores of heavily armed soldiers have tightened their grip on the capital. They are blocking streets and cordoning off government buildings as well as the airport.

City officials have extended a quarantine on people exposed to SARS, including cordoning off a second hospital.

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