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Adjective sealed off has 1 sense

sealed off - closed or secured tightly so as to prevent ingress or egress; "a sealed off pipe"; "the sealed off airport was surrounded by a cordon of police"
Antonym: unsealed (indirect, via sealed)

Verb seal off has 2 senses

seal, seal off - make tight; secure against leakage; "seal the windows"
--₁ is one way to close, shut
Sample sentence:
They want to seal off the doors
blockade, seal off - impose a blockade on
--₂ is one way to besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something