Translations for „cordon off“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

cordon off VB trans

cordon off

otaczać [perf otoczyć]

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Several telephone warnings were received an hour prior to the blast allowing police to cordon off the area.

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And the emergency responders have to just cordon off the area to wait for them to burn out.

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This means no time to cordon off areas, evacuate the public, and stabilise the situation.

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Plumbers were then called to isolate the water flow and cordon off the area.

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The black-painted aircraft with no identity markings attracts curious locals, and officials and military police are quickly dispatched to cordon off the area.

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And no-one has the resources to cordon off an entire city.

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One resident saw police start to cordon off the road at around 11am.

www.dailystar.co.uk

The method of every triumphant intellectual movement had been to quash dissent and cordon off truly inventive voices.

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This is more likely to be used by commercial, scientific or public service divers to cordon off a work or search area, or an accident or crime scene.

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We have directed the police to cordon off the area.

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