Cordon
noun
A line or circle of police, soldiers, etc. preventing people from going to a place.
Police formed a cordon around the crime scene.
Often appears as...
- police cordon
- security cordon
verb
To prevent people from going to a place by putting a line of police, soldiers, etc.
The area was cordoned off while the police investigated the situation.
Often appears as...
- cordon off
- area cordoned off
noun
A string or small rope.
I need a cordon to tie this package.
Often appears as...
- cordon rope
- use a cordon
noun
In gardening, a plant that is grown in a certain shape by cutting and tying.
My grandmother used to grow cordons of tomatoes in her garden.
Often appears as...
- cordon of tomatoes
- grow cordons
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A line or circle of police, soldiers, etc. preventing people from going to a place.
Police formed a cordon around the crime scene.
Often appears as...
- police cordon
- security cordon
verb
To prevent people from going to a place by putting a line of police, soldiers, etc.
The area was cordoned off while the police investigated the situation.
Often appears as...
- cordon off
- area cordoned off
noun
A string or small rope.
I need a cordon to tie this package.
Often appears as...
- cordon rope
- use a cordon
noun
In gardening, a plant that is grown in a certain shape by cutting and tying.
My grandmother used to grow cordons of tomatoes in her garden.
Often appears as...
- cordon of tomatoes
- grow cordons
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Authority Presence
A cordon often implies law enforcement or military securing an area.
The cordon was visible during the VIP visit.
Pro Tip 2/3Tense Situations
Used when an area is possibly dangerous or a crime has happened.
Residents saw a cordon after the bank robbery.
Pro Tip 3/3Visible Boundary
A cordon is often marked by tape or barricades for visibility.
Yellow tape marked the police cordon.
Pro Tip 1/3Authority Presence
A cordon often implies law enforcement or military securing an area.
The cordon was visible during the VIP visit.
Pro Tip 2/3Tense Situations
Used when an area is possibly dangerous or a crime has happened.
Residents saw a cordon after the bank robbery.
Pro Tip 3/3Visible Boundary
A cordon is often marked by tape or barricades for visibility.
Yellow tape marked the police cordon.
Pro Tip 1/3Authority Presence
A cordon often implies law enforcement or military securing an area.
The cordon was visible during the VIP visit.
Pro Tip 2/3Tense Situations
Used when an area is possibly dangerous or a crime has happened.
Residents saw a cordon after the bank robbery.
Pro Tip 3/3Visible Boundary
A cordon is often marked by tape or barricades for visibility.
Yellow tape marked the police cordon.
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Jonas Eliasson: How to...
And after analyzing the answers, it turned out that more than half of them believe that they haven't changed their minds. They're actually confident that they have liked congestion pricing all along. Which means that we are now in a position where we have reduced traffic across this toll cordon
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more than half of them believe that they haven't changed their minds they are actually confident that they have they have like congestion pricing all along which means that we are now in a position where we have reduced traffic across this tall cordon with 20% and
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Expanding our definition...
principles of industrialism and conformity and you strangle it with a culture of standardized testing which bleeds the life out of teachers and students alike don't be surprised if this is not a cordon of creativity and vitality and don't be surprised if in
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Fabien Cousteau: What I...
and never normally would have paid attention to, such as hermit crabs. Now, using a cutting-edge piece of technology that's not really meant for the oceans is not always easy. We sometimes had to put the camera upside down, cordon it back to the lab,
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Tom Shannon's...
wanting to make things float in the air. And I thought up a lot of ideas. This is sculpture that I made that -- it's magnetically levitated. The thing is, is that it's slightly dangerous. Normally it's sort of cordoned off when it's in a museum.
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Gulf Turtle Nests...
turtles to monitor their movements when the patrol spot a fresh mess too close to the waterline they move the eggs before they set and become more sensitive to movement they carefully put the eggs in a new nest and cordon it off
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Mike O'Sullivan: The end...
And the big regions of the world increasingly look at the internet from a values-based point of view. America values tech innovation and its financial rewards. China takes a political view of the internet and cordons it off,
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Esther Perel: The...
And the pandemic gripped the world. And then the pendulum that swings between freedom and security has snapped off its hinge. There is a constant, extreme emphasis on safety and it cordons off.
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
title of cordon cause we the jury in the above-entitled action find the defendant Lawrence M Powell not guilty of the crime of assault by force likely to produce great bodily injury and with a
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Shaffi Mather: A new way...
And as you can see from the visuals, the service was responding and rescuing victims from the incident locations even before the police could cordon off the incident locations
Video examples
Jonas Eliasson: How to...
And after analyzing the answers, it turned out that more than half of them believe that they haven't changed their minds. They're actually confident that they have liked congestion pricing all along. Which means that we are now in a position where we have reduced traffic across this toll cordon
Video examples
How to solve traffic...
more than half of them believe that they haven't changed their minds they are actually confident that they have they have like congestion pricing all along which means that we are now in a position where we have reduced traffic across this tall cordon with 20% and
Video examples
Expanding our definition...
principles of industrialism and conformity and you strangle it with a culture of standardized testing which bleeds the life out of teachers and students alike don't be surprised if this is not a cordon of creativity and vitality and don't be surprised if in
Video examples
Fabien Cousteau: What I...
and never normally would have paid attention to, such as hermit crabs. Now, using a cutting-edge piece of technology that's not really meant for the oceans is not always easy. We sometimes had to put the camera upside down, cordon it back to the lab,
Video examples
Tom Shannon's...
wanting to make things float in the air. And I thought up a lot of ideas. This is sculpture that I made that -- it's magnetically levitated. The thing is, is that it's slightly dangerous. Normally it's sort of cordoned off when it's in a museum.
Video examples
Gulf Turtle Nests...
turtles to monitor their movements when the patrol spot a fresh mess too close to the waterline they move the eggs before they set and become more sensitive to movement they carefully put the eggs in a new nest and cordon it off
Video examples
Mike O'Sullivan: The end...
And the big regions of the world increasingly look at the internet from a values-based point of view. America values tech innovation and its financial rewards. China takes a political view of the internet and cordons it off,
Video examples
Esther Perel: The...
And the pandemic gripped the world. And then the pendulum that swings between freedom and security has snapped off its hinge. There is a constant, extreme emphasis on safety and it cordons off.
Video examples
LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
title of cordon cause we the jury in the above-entitled action find the defendant Lawrence M Powell not guilty of the crime of assault by force likely to produce great bodily injury and with a
Video examples
Shaffi Mather: A new way...
And as you can see from the visuals, the service was responding and rescuing victims from the incident locations even before the police could cordon off the incident locations
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A. A. Gill
British Writer
The London police have discovered that the best way to neuter demonstrations is not to move everyone on, or disperse troublemakers, but hold them close, cordon them into a diminishing space for hours and hours, as a sort of arbitrary al fresco arrest.
Quote examples
A. A. Gill
British Writer
The London police have discovered that the best way to neuter demonstrations is not to move everyone on, or disperse troublemakers, but hold them close, cordon them into a diminishing space for hours and hours, as a sort of arbitrary al fresco arrest.
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